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♂ John G. Scrimgeour
aliasJohn G. Scrimgeour
Record
55794 · 6345

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 9 September 1842 → 181 years + 7 months ago
Lived 74 years + 11 months
First mandate 17 August 1876 → 147 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 11 months
Death 21 August 1917 → 106 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 2 months after 3 June 1878
Special notes
None
 

John G. Scrimgeour (1842–1917)
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 1 9 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Augustine C. Macdonald  m 
⊖ Lemuel C. Owen  m 
 		 ⊖ James E. MacDonald  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,831 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Prince Edward Island
2 April 1873
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26433(F) — 22 Feb 2022 10:39 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 3/3 328 35.81% -420 Winner:
CONS
 748 81.66% Augustine C. Macdonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,545 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
17 August 1876
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  FREE  Majority
 CONS  1 Mar 1878
ID: 26460(F) — 12 Jul 2023 12:03 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
DENO
 2/3 522 67.53% +79 Loser:
FREE
 443 57.31% Alfred W. Owen
After his election:
1 Mar 1878 35
FREE
 →
CONS
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
1 Mar 1878 35
DENO
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
3 Jun 1878 35
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 9 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
24 June 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26608(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:03 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
35		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. Donald Ferguson

Online biographical references (3)

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

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