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♂ Roderick B. Pratt
aliasRoderick B. Pratt
Record
50613 · 5662

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 0 4
Birth 21 January 1927 → 97 years + 3 months ago
Lived 74 years + 7 months
First mandate 24 April 1978 → 46 years + 9 days ago
↳ at age 51 years + 3 months
Death 19 September 2001 → 22 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 3 months after 28 May 1989
Special notes
None
 

Roderick B. Pratt (1927–2001)
No photo available
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 11 1 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John A. (Sandy) Clark  m 
⊖ S.T. Aquinas Ryan  m 
 		 ⊕ John Claude Matheson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 1,943 Votes: 1,818 Participation: 93.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4761(F) — 30 Sep 2021 17:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 1/3 865 48.22% +38 Loser:
LIB
 827 46.10% John Claude Matheson

Service: 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,032 Votes: 1,863 Participation: 91.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4729(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/2 1,004 55.10% +186 Loser:
LIB
 818 44.90% John Claude Matheson

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,080 Votes: 1,954 Participation: 93.94% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2511(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/2 1,156 61.79% +441 Loser:
LIB
 715 38.21% Ralph Sanderson

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,097 Votes: 2,006 Participation: 95.66% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2479(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 1,062 53.39% +235 Loser:
LIB
 827 41.58% John A. (Sandy) Clark

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,129 Votes: 1,969 Participation: 92.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2447(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 1,112 58.74% John Claude Matheson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Roderick B. "Roddy" Pratt		 27 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Pratt, Roderick Bruce		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Roddy Bruce Pratt		 27 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 20:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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