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♂ Keith S. Harrington
aliasKeith S. Harrington
Record
26128 · 5615

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 2 5
Birth 6 August 1918 → 105 years + 8 months ago
Lived 69 years + 4 months
First mandate 1 September 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 41 years
Death 14 December 1987 → 36 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 7 months after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
Keith S. Harrington (1918–1987) 200x234
© 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 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Edward W. Clark  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Frank L. MacNutt  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,865 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25766(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
PC
 1/2 945 50.67% +25 Loser:
LIB
 920 49.33% Frank L. MacNutt

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,901 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25798(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/2 1,067 56.13% +233 Loser:
LIB
 834 43.87% Frank L. MacNutt

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,809 Votes: 2,562 Participation: 91.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25830(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/2 1,372 57.02% +338 Loser:
LIB
 1,034 42.98% William H. Burns

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,104 Votes: 2,842 Participation: 91.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25863(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
PC
 2/2 1,119 41.08% -486 Winner:
LIB
 1,605 58.92% Edward W. Clark
Eligible: 3,201 Votes: 2,873 Participation: 89.75% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25899(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 2/2 967 36.16% -740 Winner:
LIB
 1,707 63.84% Edward W. Clark

Online biographical references (2)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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