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♂ George J. Ferguson
aliasGeorge J. Ferguson
Record
19546 · 5608

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 0 4
Birth 26 April 1923 → 101 years ago
Lived 80 years + 11 months
First mandate 17 July 1961 → 62 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 2 months
Death 19 April 2004 → 20 years ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 11 months after 28 April 1974
Special notes
None
 
George J. Ferguson (1923–2004) 200x216
© 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 12 9 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Leslie S. Hunter  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,391 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
17 July 1961
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25782(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 714 51.33% +37 Loser:
PC
 677 48.67% Leslie S. Hunter

Service: 1 year 4 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,408 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25792(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 758 53.84% +108 Loser:
PC
 650 46.16% James G. MacConnell

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,551 Votes: 1,456 Participation: 93.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25824(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 693 50.18% +5 Loser:
PC
 688 49.82% Harry McConnell

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,741 Votes: 1,626 Participation: 93.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25857(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 920 59.32% +289 Loser:
PC
 631 40.68% George E. Carver

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,763 Votes: 1,634 Participation: 92.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25893(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 816 53.54% J. Waldron Lavers

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Reid-Schroeder Genealogies, George Johnston Ferguson		 26 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Ferguson, George Johnston		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
George Johnston Ferguson		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 21:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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