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♂ Thomas A. Curran
aliasThomas A. Curran
Record
13868 · 5611

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 28 April 1904 → 120 years ago
Lived 92 years + 11 months
First mandate 1 September 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 4 months
Death 19 April 1997 → 27 years ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 11 months after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
Thomas A. Curran (1904–1997) 200x240
© 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 10 8 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph G. Campbell  m 
 		 ⊖ W. Bennett Campbell  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,758 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25755(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 1/2 948 53.92% +138 Loser:
LIB
 810 46.08% Joseph G. Campbell

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,749 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25787(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/2 931 53.23% +113 Loser:
LIB
 818 46.77% Douglas A.C. MacDonald

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,810 Votes: 1,701 Participation: 93.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25819(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/2 888 56.06% +192 Loser:
LIB
 696 43.94% Douglas A.C. MacDonald

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,117 Votes: 1,949 Participation: 92.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25852(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
PC
 2/2 893 48.04% -73 Winner:
LIB
 966 51.96% W. Bennett Campbell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Curran, Thomas Ambrose		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Thomas Ambrose Curran		 27 Dec 2023

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