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♂ Walter A. McEwen
aliasChuck McEwen
Record
41187 · 5695

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 31 January 1940 → 84 years + 3 months ago
Lived 83 years + 6 months
First mandate 29 May 1989 → 34 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 3 months
Death 1 August 2023 → 9 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 8 months after 17 November 1996
Special notes
None
 
Walter A. (Chuck) McEwen (1940–2023)
© Photo 2023 Hennessey Cutcliffe Charlottetown 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 7 5 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Gregory J. Deighan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Andrew Walker  m 
 
Eligible: 5,546 Votes: 4,137 Participation: 74.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2467(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 2,085 51.51% +505 Loser:
PC
 1,580 39.03% Andrew Walker

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,144 Votes: 3,820 Participation: 74.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2434(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 2,179 58.39% +881 Loser:
PC
 1,298 34.78% Gregory J. Deighan

Service: 3 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,356 Votes: 3,412 Participation: 78.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2406(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/3 1,394 41.10% -112 Winner:
PC
 1,506 44.40% Gregory J. Deighan

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.])
McEwen, Q.C., Walter A.		 14 Apr 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
McEwen, Q.C., Walter		 14 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Walter McEwen		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter McEwen		 14 Apr 2024

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