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♂ Frederick Peters
aliasFrederick Peters
Record
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Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 2 6
Birth 8 April 1852 → 172 years ago
Lived 67 years + 3 months
First mandate 30 January 1890 → 134 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 9 months
Death 29 July 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 11 December 1900
Special notes
None
 
Frederick Peters (1852–1919) 200x207
© Photo c.1895 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Arthur Peters (1854–1908) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 10 9 24 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 31–32
LIB
 1 Party leader 39–45 27 Apr 1891 — 30 Sep 1897 6 5 3
2. PE 31–32
LIB
 1 Premier 39–45 27 Apr 1891 — 20 Jul 1897 6 2 23

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Patrick Blake  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Donald Ferguson  m 
⊖ Neil McLeod  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James H. Cummiskey  m 
⊖ Lucius O. Kelly  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,060 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26502(F) — 6 Jan 2023 13:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 4/4 966 47.59% -52 Winner:
LC
 1,018 50.15% Neil McLeod
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,976 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26517(F) — 6 Jan 2023 13:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 3/4 931 46.83% -129 Winner:
LC
 1,060 53.32% Neil McLeod
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
 LIB  9 Apr 1891
ID: 26530(F) — 12 Jul 2023 15:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/4 889 51.36% +18 Loser:
CONS
 871 50.32% Lucius O. Kelly
After his election:
9 Apr 1891 39
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
30 Apr 1891 39
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 3 months (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
14 May 1891
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26630(F) — 11 Nov 2022 13:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
39
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,647 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26557(F) — 11 Nov 2022 13:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 968 58.77% +289 Loser:
CONS
 679 41.23% Patrick Blake

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,378 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26587(F) — 11 Nov 2022 13:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 892 64.73% +406 Loser:
CONS
 486 35.27% Peter McCourt

Service: 3 years 4 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,629 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17409(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 841 51.63% Herbert J. Palmer

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Peters, Q.C., Frederick		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Frederick Peters		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Frederick Peters		 26 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Frederick Peters		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 14:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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