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♂ George Beairsto Aitken
aliasGeorge Aitken
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth 20 May 1836 → 187 years + 11 months ago
Lived 72 years + 8 months
First mandate 13 December 1893 → 130 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 6 months
Death 18 February 1909 → 115 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 6 months after 20 July 1897
Special notes
None
 

George Beairsto Aitken (1836–1909)
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 7 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Angus MacLeod  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Samuel Prowse  m 
 		 ⊖ Murdoch McKinnon  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,463 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26506(F) — 12 Nov 2022 23:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 3/4 539 43.75% -144 Winner:
CONS
 683 55.44% Angus MacLeod
Eligible: inc. Votes: 699 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26540(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 404 57.80% +109 Loser:
CONS
 295 42.20% Angus MacLeod

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 657 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26570(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
LIB
 2/2 328 49.92% -1 Winner:
CONS
 329 50.08% Murdoch McKinnon

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
George Beairsto Aitken		 28 Apr 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Aitken, George Beairsto		 28 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
George B. Aitken		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Aitken (politician)		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 10:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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