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♂ William J. MacDougall
aliasWilliam J. MacDougall
Record
37767 · 5665

Evangelical   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 0 3
Birth 8 May 1944
Age 79 years + 11 months
First mandate 24 April 1978 → 46 years + 9 days ago
↳ at age 33 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 38 years + 10 months ago (1 July 1985)
Special notes
None
 

William J. MacDougall (1944– ?)
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 2 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Stavert Huestis  m 
 		 ⊖ Doreen M. Sark  f 
 
Eligible: 8,291 Votes: 6,727 Participation: 81.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4775(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
PC
 1/2 3,283 50.26% +34 Loser:
LIB
 3,249 49.74% Allison M. Harper

Service: 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,617 Votes: 6,806 Participation: 78.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4743(F) — 27 Sep 2023 21:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
PC
 1/3 3,525 53.10% +882 Loser:
LIB
 2,643 39.82% Allison M. Harper

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,711 Votes: 6,891 Participation: 70.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2525(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/2 3,490 52.46% +327 Loser:
LIB
 3,163 47.54% Stavert Huestis
After his election:
1 Jul 1985 41
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 9 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,711 Votes: 6,335 Participation: 65.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
2 December 1985
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25925(F) — 28 Aug 2023 12:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
LIB
 2,446 38.61% Stavert Huestis

Online biographical references (3)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 20:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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