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♂ Preston D. MacLure
aliasPreston D. MacLure
Record
38370 · 5628

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 30 July 1913 → 110 years + 9 months ago
Lived 59 years + 1 month
First mandate 30 May 1966 → 57 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 10 months
Death 31 August 1972 → 51 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 3 months after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
Preston D. MacLure (1913–1972) 200x225
© 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 3 11 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Albert E. (Bud) Ings  m 
 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
PC
 1/2 912 57.90% +249 Loser:
LIB
 663 42.10% Louis W. Roper

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,117 Votes: 1,956 Participation: 92.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25853(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
PC
 2/2 882 47.27% -102 Winner:
LIB
 984 52.73% Albert E. (Bud) Ings

Online biographical references (3)

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

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