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♂ Edward William Clark
aliasEdward William Clark
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 8 0 8
Birth 24 March 1932
Age 92 years + 1 month
First mandate 11 May 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 27 years + 11 months ago (15 May 1996)
Special notes
None
 
Edward William Clark (1932– )
© 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 25 11 28 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 57–58
LIB
 1 Speaker 54–61 21 Apr 1986 — 28 Mar 1993 6 11 7

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Keith S. Harrington  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 1,605 58.92% +486 Loser:
PC
 1,119 41.08% Keith S. Harrington

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 1,707 63.84% +740 Loser:
PC
 967 36.16% Keith S. Harrington

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,374 Votes: 2,989 Participation: 88.59% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4770(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 1,856 62.89% +761 Loser:
PC
 1,095 37.11% Bernard McCabe

Service: 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,163 Votes: 3,036 Participation: 95.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4738(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,984 66.58% +988 Loser:
PC
 996 33.42% John A. Nicholson

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,972 Votes: 3,189 Participation: 80.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2520(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,767 56.51% +407 Loser:
PC
 1,360 43.49% Keith Barrett

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,753 Votes: 3,349 Participation: 89.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2488(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 1,926 58.38% +791 Loser:
PC
 1,135 34.40% Reuben Wall

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,794 Votes: 3,148 Participation: 82.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2456(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 2,385 77.16% +1,679 Loser:
PC
 706 22.84% Bruce Small

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,714 Votes: 3,150 Participation: 84.81% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2429(F) — 15 Feb 2022 20:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 2,229 73.73% +1,435 Loser:
PC
 794 26.27% Lorne Ramsay
After his election:
15 May 1996 64
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 1 month 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,902 Votes: 2,449 Participation: 84.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2389(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 1,519 62.20% Robert J. Maddix

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Clark, Edward William		 24 Mar 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Clark, William Edward		 24 Mar 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Edward William Clark		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edward Clark (Canadian politician)		 24 Mar 2024

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