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♂ David H. Ford
aliasDavid H. Ford
Record
20358 · 5660

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 2 4
Birth 7 September 1920 → 103 years + 7 months ago
Lived 91 years + 7 months
First mandate 29 April 1974 → 50 years + 4 days ago
↳ at age 53 years + 7 months
Death 1 May 2012 → 12 years ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 9 days after 22 April 1979
Special notes
None
 
David H. Ford (1920–2012) 200x254
© Photo 2012 Le Nécrologue — 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 4 11 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ H. Bennett Carr  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Gordon Lank  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 2/3 1,609 43.93% -301 Winner:
PC
 1,910 52.14% H. Bennett Carr
Eligible: 5,117 Votes: 4,596 Participation: 89.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25906(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 2,127 48.65% +117 Loser:
PC
 2,010 45.97% H. Bennett Carr

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,214 Votes: 5,433 Participation: 87.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4765(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 2,646 49.37% +60 Loser:
PC
 2,586 48.25% Gordon Lank

Service: 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,546 Votes: 5,609 Participation: 85.69% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4733(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/3 2,312 41.67% -696 Winner:
PC
 3,008 54.22% Gordon Lank

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Le Nécrologue, FORD, David H.		 27 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Ford, David Henry		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Henry David Ford		 27 Dec 2023

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