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♂ Lowell S. Johnston
aliasLowell S. Johnston
Record
30300 · 5664

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 3 July 1926 → 97 years + 10 months ago
Lived 77 years + 1 month
First mandate 24 April 1978 → 46 years + 9 days ago
↳ at age 51 years + 9 months
Death 16 August 2003 → 20 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 3 months after 20 April 1986
Special notes
None
 

Lowell S. Johnston (1926–2003)
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 7 11 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Barry W. Hicken  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Waldron Lavers  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 1,763 Votes: 1,634 Participation: 92.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25893(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 2/2 708 46.46% -108 Winner:
LIB
 816 53.54% J. Waldron Lavers
Eligible: 1,824 Votes: 1,694 Participation: 92.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4780(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 1/2 853 51.48% +49 Loser:
LIB
 804 48.52% J. Waldron Lavers

Service: 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,886 Votes: 1,726 Participation: 91.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4748(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/2 898 53.01% +102 Loser:
LIB
 796 46.99% W. Hazen MacLure

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,090 Votes: 1,817 Participation: 86.94% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2530(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/2 917 51.72% +61 Loser:
LIB
 856 48.28% Barry W. Hicken

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,998 Votes: 1,914 Participation: 95.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2498(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 1,013 54.23% Barry W. Hicken

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Johnston, Lowell Sterling		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Lowell S. Johnston		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Lowell Johnston		 27 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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