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♂ Lynwood MacPherson
aliasLynwood MacPherson
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 21 September 1947
Age 76 years + 7 months
First mandate 21 April 1986 → 38 years + 12 days ago
↳ at age 38 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 27 years + 5 months ago (17 November 1996)
Special notes
None
 

Lynwood MacPherson (1947– ?)
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 10 6 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Wilbur B. MacDonald  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,060 Votes: 2,806 Participation: 91.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2496(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/3 1,509 54.85% +378 Loser:
PC
 1,131 41.11% R. Douglas MacKenzie

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,099 Votes: 2,686 Participation: 86.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2464(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 1,583 59.96% +622 Loser:
PC
 961 36.40% R. Douglas MacKenzie

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,145 Votes: 2,658 Participation: 84.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2437(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 1,553 60.03% +519 Loser:
PC
 1,034 39.97% Lou Douse

Service: 3 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,981 Votes: 2,631 Participation: 88.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2382(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/3 1,242 47.48% -33 Winner:
PC
 1,275 48.74% Wilbur B. MacDonald

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
MacPherson, Lynwood		 27 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacPherson, Lynwood		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Lynwood MacPherson		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Lynwood MacPherson		 27 Dec 2023

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