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♂ B. Earle MacDonald
aliasB. Earle MacDonald
Record
37456 · 5605

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 27 January 1907 → 117 years + 3 months ago
Lived 58 years + 5 months
First mandate 26 April 1951 → 73 years + 7 days ago
↳ at age 44 years + 2 months
Death 17 July 1965 → 58 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 10 months after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 
B. Earle MacDonald (1907–1965) 200x212
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 8 4 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ David L. Mathieson  m 
 		 ⊖ J. David Stewart  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,009 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25716(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 4,452 49.42% +176 Loser:
PC
 4,276 47.46% David L. Mathieson

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,614 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25748(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 5,209 54.18% +804 Loser:
PC
 4,405 45.82% F. Walter Hyndman

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,010 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25779(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/2 4,894 48.89% -222 Winner:
PC
 5,116 51.11% J. David Stewart

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacDonald, Benjamin Earle		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Benjamin Earle MacDonald		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 14:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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