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♂ Prosper A. Arsenault
aliasProsper A. Arsenault
Record
1575 · 5606

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 25 May 1894 → 129 years + 11 months ago
Lived 93 years + 5 months
First mandate 25 May 1955 → 68 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 61 years
Death 28 October 1987 → 36 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 5 months after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
Prosper A. Arsenault (1894–1987)
© 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 11 8 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 51
LIB
 1 Speaker 72–75 30 May 1966 — 10 May 1970 3 11 10

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Hubert J. Gaudet  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,615 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25730(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 1,913 52.92% +211 Loser:
PC
 1,702 47.08% Hubert J. Gaudet

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,067 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25761(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
LIB
 2/2 1,958 48.14% -151 Winner:
PC
 2,109 51.86% Hubert J. Gaudet
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,058 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25793(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
68
LIB
 1/2 2,245 55.32% +432 Loser:
PC
 1,813 44.68% Hubert J. Gaudet

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,678 Votes: 4,111 Participation: 87.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25825(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
LIB
 1/2 2,016 52.39% +184 Loser:
PC
 1,832 47.61% Gerald Rooney

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,478 Votes: 5,067 Participation: 92.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25858(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
75		 Successor:
LIB
 2,953 61.65% J. Russell Perry

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Arsenault, Prosper A.		 04 Feb 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Prosper A. Arsenault		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Prosper Arsenault		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Feb 2024 18:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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