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♂ Gordon Lockhart Bennett
aliasGordon Bennett
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 0 3
Birth 10 October 1912 → 111 years + 6 months ago
Lived 87 years + 4 months
First mandate 30 May 1966 → 57 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 7 months
Death 11 February 2000 → 24 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 9 months after 2 May 1974
Special notes
None
 
Gordon Lockhart Bennett (1912–2000)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Prince Edward Island (1974–1980)
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 7 11 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 7,591 Votes: 6,443 Participation: 84.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25843(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 3,115 55.92% +660 Loser:
PC
 2,455 44.08% J. Thomas Davies

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,921 Votes: 7,446 Participation: 83.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25876(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 4,681 65.39% +2,203 Loser:
PC
 2,478 34.61% Gerald R. Foster

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,926 Votes: 7,781 Participation: 78.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25912(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/3 3,851 50.99% +932 Loser:
PC
 2,919 38.65% Norman H. Carruthers
After his election:
2 May 1974 61
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,926 Votes: 5,381 Participation: 54.21% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
17 February 1975
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25916(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
PC
 2,343 43.54% James M. Lee

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Bennett, O.C., LL.D., D.C.L., M.SC , Honourable Gordon Lockhart		 15 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Gordon L. Bennett		 15 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Lockhart Bennett		 15 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gordon Lockhart Bennett		 15 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Apr 2024 21:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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