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♂ William S. McNeill
aliasWilliam S. McNeill
Record
42479 · 6343

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 17 March 1814 → 210 years + 1 month ago
Lived 88 years
First mandate 2 April 1873 → 151 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 59 years
Death 2 April 1902 → 122 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 7 months after 16 August 1876
Special notes
None
 

William S. McNeill (1814–1902)
No image 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 3 4 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Henry J. Callbeck  m 
⊖ John T. Jenkins  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald Farquharson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Donald McKay  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,849 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Prince Edward Island
2 April 1873
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26451(F) — 13 Feb 2022 12:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 2/5 727 51.02% +48 Loser:
CONS
 679 47.65% John T. Jenkins

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,981 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
17 August 1876
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  FREE  Majority
ID: 26469(F) — 12 Jul 2023 12:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
FREE
 4/4 689 46.21% -61 Winner:
FREE
 750 50.30% Donald Farquharson

Online biographical references (3)

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

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