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♂ Alexander James Larkin
aliasJim Larkin
Record
34172 · 5675

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth 13 September 1946 → 77 years + 7 months ago
Lived 77 years + 1 month
First mandate 23 April 1979 → 45 years + 10 days ago
↳ at age 32 years + 7 months
Death 15 October 2023 → 6 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 19 days after 26 September 1982
Special notes
None
 
Alexander James (Jim) Larkin (1946–2023)
© Photo 2023 Belvedere Funeral Home — 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 3 5 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ J. Paul Connolly  m 
 		 ⊖ John H. Maloney  m 
 
Eligible: 7,700 Votes: 6,420 Participation: 83.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4786(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
PC
 2/2 3,027 47.69% -293 Winner:
LIB
 3,320 52.31% John H. Maloney
Eligible: 8,324 Votes: 6,517 Participation: 78.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4754(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
PC
 1/2 3,547 55.71% +727 Loser:
LIB
 2,820 44.29% Jack (Spy) Ready

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,245 Votes: 6,852 Participation: 74.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2536(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
PC
 2/2 3,320 49.79% -28 Winner:
LIB
 3,348 50.21% J. Paul Connolly

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Larkin, Alexander James		 14 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Alexander James Larkin		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jim Larkin (politician)		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 21:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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