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♂ Wilfred B. MacDonald
aliasWilfred B. MacDonald
Record
37713 · 5674

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 2 May 1917 → 107 years ago
Lived 74 years + 11 months
First mandate 23 April 1979 → 45 years + 10 days ago
↳ at age 61 years + 11 months
Death 4 April 1992 → 32 years ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 11 months after 20 April 1986
Special notes
None
 

Wilfred B. MacDonald (1917–1992)
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 6 11 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Timothy E. Carroll  m 
 		 ⊖ George A. Proud  m 
 
Eligible: 10,748 Votes: 8,249 Participation: 76.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4752(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
61
PC
 1/3 4,106 50.62% +412 Loser:
LIB
 3,694 45.54% George A. Proud

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,631 Votes: 8,495 Participation: 73.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2534(F) — 30 Sep 2021 17:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/3 4,604 55.16% +1,128 Loser:
LIB
 3,476 41.65% Sibyl Cutcliffe

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,574 Votes: 9,900 Participation: 85.54% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2502(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
PC
 2/2 4,329 44.80% -1,005 Winner:
LIB
 5,334 55.20% Timothy E. Carroll

Online biographical references (4)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 21:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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