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♂ J. Sinclair Cutcliffe
aliasJ. Sinclair Cutcliffe
Record
13989 · 5635

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 22 August 1930 → 93 years + 8 months ago
Lived 77 years + 2 months
First mandate 30 May 1966 → 57 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 9 months
Death 10 November 2007 → 16 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 3 months after 15 July 1972
Special notes
None
 
J. Sinclair Cutcliffe (1930–2007) 200x282
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair trade
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 1 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ H. Bennett Carr  m 
⊖ J. Philip Matheson  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Angus MacLean  m 
 
Eligible: 3,748 Votes: 3,516 Participation: 93.81% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25837(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 1/2 1,718 53.52% +226 Loser:
PC
 1,492 46.48% J. Philip Matheson

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,286 Votes: 3,906 Participation: 91.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25870(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 1,904 50.98% +73 Loser:
PC
 1,831 49.02% H. Bennett Carr
After his election:
15 Jul 1972 41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 2 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,062 Votes: 10,901 Participation: 83.46% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Prince Edward Island
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10303(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
42
LIB
 2/3 4,573 41.95% -1,262 Winner:
PC
 5,835 53.53% J. Angus MacLean
Eligible: 4,286 Votes: 3,663 Participation: 85.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
4 December 1972
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25883(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
PC
 1,910 52.14% H. Bennett Carr

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Cutcliffe, John Sinclair		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
John Sinclair Cutcliffe		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sinclair Cutcliffe		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 07:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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