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♂ Donald Ferguson
aliasDonald Ferguson
Record
19540 · 6346

Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Prince Edward Island 6 1 7
Total 6 3 9
Birth 7 March 1839 → 185 years + 1 month ago
Lived 70 years + 5 months
First mandate 24 June 1878 → 145 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 3 months
Death 3 September 1909 → 114 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 1 February 1891
Special notes
None
 
Donald Ferguson (1839–1909) 200x265
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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 12 6 6 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 55–57 02 Jan 1895 — 08 Jul 1896 1 6 6
2. CA 7
CONS
 1 ✓ Minister 56 06 Jan 1896 — 14 Jan 1896 0 0 8
 1. Without portfolio
 2. Agriculture [Int]

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
10 documented challengers
⊖ Henry Beer  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William Campbell  m 
⊖ Louis H. Davies  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lucius O. Kelly  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick Peters  m 
 		 ⊖ Patrick Blake  m 
⊖ James H. Cummiskey  m 
⊖ Francis Kelly  m 
⊖ Donald A. Macdonald  m 
⊖ William Welsh  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,470 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
17 August 1876
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  FREE  Majority
ID: 26470(F) — 12 Jul 2023 12:25 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
DENO
 3/3 681 55.14% -184 Winner:
FREE
 865 70.04% Henry Beer
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 9 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26475(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
CONS
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,954 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26500(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 2/4 758 51.32% +32 Loser:
CONS
 726 49.15% David Egan

Service: 4 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,292 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26515(F) — 12 Nov 2022 08:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/4 979 59.48% +232 Loser:
LIB
 747 45.38% Donald A. McDonald
After his election:
4 Feb 1887 47
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 8 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,725 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
6		 Prince Edward Island
22 February 1887
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19522(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
CONS
 3/4 3,599 45.77% -715 Winner:
ILIB
 4,314 54.86% William Welsh
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
5 March 1887
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26621(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:30 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
47
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 10 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,461 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
30 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26530(F) — 12 Jul 2023 15:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 2/4 877 50.66% +6 Loser:
CONS
 871 50.32% Lucius O. Kelly
After his election:
1 Feb 1891 51
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,050 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
7		 Prince Edward Island
5 March 1891
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19874(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
51
CONS
 4/4 3,521 46.79% -333 Winner:
ILIB
 3,854 51.22% William Welsh
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1891
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26626(F) — 12 Jul 2023 15:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. James H. Cummiskey

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Ferguson, P.C., Honourable Donald		 25 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Donald Ferguson, P.C., Senator		 25 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Donald Ferguson, C.P., sénateur		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Donald Ferguson		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Ferguson (politician)		 25 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Donald Ferguson (homme politique)		 25 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Dec 2023 17:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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