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♂ Daniel J. Compton
aliasDaniel J. Compton
Record
12094 · 5654

Church of Scotland   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 5 1 6
Birth 28 January 1915 → 109 years + 3 months ago
Lived 75 years + 2 months
First mandate 11 May 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 3 months
Death 18 April 1990 → 34 years ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 11 months after 20 April 1986
Special notes
None
 
Daniel J. Compton (1915–1990) 200x240
© 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 15 11 5 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 55
PC
 1 Speaker 64–67 23 Apr 1979 — 26 Sep 1982 3 5 3

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ J. Stewart Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ Harold P. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: 2,341 Votes: 2,149 Participation: 91.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25841(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 2/2 1,001 49.38% -25 Winner:
LIB
 1,026 50.62% J. Stewart Ross
Eligible: 2,457 Votes: 2,318 Participation: 94.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25875(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 1/2 1,153 52.34% +103 Loser:
LIB
 1,050 47.66% Harold P. Smith

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,551 Votes: 2,282 Participation: 89.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25911(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 1,070 48.48% +40 Loser:
LIB
 1,030 46.67% Kenneth R. Emery

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,764 Votes: 2,487 Participation: 89.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4778(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/2 1,323 53.76% +185 Loser:
LIB
 1,138 46.24% Kenneth R. Emery

Service: 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,857 Votes: 2,565 Participation: 89.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4746(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PC
 1/2 1,524 60.36% +523 Loser:
LIB
 1,001 39.64% Waldo Taylor

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,217 Votes: 2,660 Participation: 82.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2528(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
PC
 1/2 1,349 52.02% +105 Loser:
LIB
 1,244 47.98% Kenneth R. Emery

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,060 Votes: 2,806 Participation: 91.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2496(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 1,509 54.85% Lynwood MacPherson

Online biographical references (3)

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

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