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♂ Alexander Laird
aliasAlexander Laird
Record
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Presbyterian   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth c. 1830 → 194 years ago
Lived ± 66 years
First mandate 13 December 1893 → 130 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age ± 63 years
Death 9 August 1896 → 127 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

Alexander Laird (c.1830–1896)
No image available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ David Laird (1833–1914) Brother  
⊖ William Laird (1835–1911) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 2 7 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ George W.W. Bentley  m 
⊖ William C. Lea  m 
 		 ⊖ Augustus E.C. Holland  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,356 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26496(F) — 6 Jan 2023 15:52 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±52
LIB
 4/4 519 44.06% -77 Winner:
LC
 596 50.59% Augustus E.C. Holland
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,390 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26549(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±63
LIB
 1/2 479 51.67% +31 Loser:
CONS
 448 48.33% T. McCabe
After his election:
9 Aug 1896 ±66
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26634(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:05 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
±66		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. William Campbell

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Laird, Alexander		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Alexander Laird		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Laird Jr.		 25 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Dec 2023 16:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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