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♂ Douglas McGowan
aliasDouglas McGowan
Record
41321 · 5612

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 18 November 1915 → 108 years + 5 months ago
Lived 73 years + 11 months
First mandate 1 September 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 9 months
Death 25 October 1989 → 34 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 4 months after 29 May 1966
Special notes
None
 

Douglas McGowan (1915–1989)
No photo available
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 6 8 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ W. Keir Clark  m 
 		 ⊖ Gilbert R. Clements  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,488 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25756(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/2 773 51.95% +58 Loser:
LIB
 715 48.05% W. Keir Clark

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,488 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25788(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/2 854 57.39% +220 Loser:
LIB
 634 42.61% Donald W. MacLeod

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,810 Votes: 1,692 Participation: 93.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25820(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
PC
 912 57.90% Preston D. MacLure
Eligible: 2,574 Votes: 2,397 Participation: 93.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25855(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
PC
 2/2 945 41.65% -379 Winner:
LIB
 1,324 58.35% Gilbert R. Clements

Online biographical references (3)

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

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