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♂ M. Alban Farmer
aliasM. Alban Farmer
Record
19232 · 5624

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 2 5
Birth 27 September 1901 → 122 years + 7 months ago
Lived 87 years + 3 months
First mandate 1 September 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 11 months
Death 27 December 1988 → 35 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
M. Alban Farmer (1901–1988) 200x244
© 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  
3 documented challengers
⊖ J. Elmer Blanchard  m 
⊖ John H. Maloney  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Alexander A. MacIsaac  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,372 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25780(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
PC
 1/2 3,005 55.94% +638 Loser:
LIB
 2,367 44.06% Alexander A. MacIsaac

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25812(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PC
 1/2 2,956 54.99% +536 Loser:
LIB
 2,420 45.01% J. Elmer Blanchard

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,139 Votes: 5,170 Participation: 84.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25847(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PC
 1/2 2,549 54.45% +417 Loser:
LIB
 2,132 45.55% Eddy Brown

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,461 Votes: 6,507 Participation: 87.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25879(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
PC
 2/2 2,394 38.96% -1,356 Winner:
LIB
 3,750 61.04% John H. Maloney
Eligible: 8,884 Votes: 6,435 Participation: 72.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25915(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
72
PC
 2/3 2,286 36.45% -1,186 Winner:
LIB
 3,472 55.37% John H. Maloney

Online biographical references (3)

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

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