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♂ Donald Cameron
aliasDonald Cameron
Record
8929 · 6365

Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth c. 1836 → 188 years ago
Lived ± 46 years
First mandate 9 April 1879 → 145 years + 24 days ago
↳ at age ± 43 years
Death c. December 1882 → 141 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death ± 6 months + 24 days after 7 May 1882
Special notes
None
 

Donald Cameron (c.1836–c.1882)
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 3 0 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William Campbell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William D. Stewart  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Peter Sinclair  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,939 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 Prince Edward Island
2 April 1873
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26449(F) — 12 Nov 2022 11:31 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±37
CONS
 3/6 446 30.34% -295 Winner:
LIB
 741 50.41% William D. Stewart
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,238 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26483(F) — 6 Jan 2023 16:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±43
LC
 2/4 631 56.39% +136 Loser:
LIB
 495 44.24% William D. Stewart

Service: 3 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,121 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26498(F) — 12 Nov 2022 11:31 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±46
CONS
 5/5 239 15.31% -494 Winner:
LIB
 733 46.96% Peter Sinclair

Online biographical references (3)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 15:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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