♂ Walter M. Lea ♦
 Methodist |
Record 34826 · 5486 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 88%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 10 February 1874 (150 years 2 months ago) |
10 January 1936 (88 years 3 months ago) |
61 years 11 months | Yes |
Family tie with other documented individual
| Who | ...is/was his | Note | |
| William C. Lea (1833–1911) | Father |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince Edward Island |
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| The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leadership roles
| Duration | |||||||||||
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | PE | 41–43 | LIB | 1 | Party leader | 56–61 | 20 May 1930 — 10 Jan 1936 | 5 | 7 | 21 | |
| 2. | PE | 41 | LIB | 1 | Premier | 56–57 | 20 May 1930 — 05 Aug 1931 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| 3. | PE | 42 | LIB | 1 | Opposition Leader | 57–61 | 06 Aug 1931 — 22 Jul 1935 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |
| 4. | PE | 43 | LIB | 2 | Premier | 61 | 23 Jul 1935 — 10 Jan 1936 | 0 | 5 | 18 | |
Electoral history
| → 8 recorded electoral participations → 9 electoral path points |
→ 2 documented challengers: |
Michael C. Delaney m John H. Myers m (2 runoffs) |
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| Provincial Ass.: 38 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 15 September 1915 | Age: 41 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 56.88% | 595 of 1,046 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 43.12% | 451 (-144) | Michael C. Delaney m ( 65 ) | |||||
| ID: 25391(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 39 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 24 July 1919 | Age: 45 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 55.44% | 683 of 1,232 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 44.56% | 549 (-134) | John H. Myers m ( 38 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 2 September 1919 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election | ||||
| ID: 25425(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:53 ET | Service: 0 year 1 month 9 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 39 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 3 October 1919 | Age: 45 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: n/a | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| ID: 25438(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:15 ET | Service: 3 years 9 months 20 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 40 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 24 July 1923 | Age: 49 |
Defeated incumbent | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/2 | LIB | 46.18% | 622 of 1,347 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | CONS | 53.82% | 725 (+103) | John H. Myers m ( 42 ) | |||||
| ID: 25464(F) — 13 Feb 2022 20:48 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 41 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 25 June 1927 | Age: 53 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 56.17% | 1,220 of 2,172 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 43.83% | 952 (-268) | Louis H. Howatt m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 5 August 1927 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election | ||||
| ID: 25500(F) — 13 Feb 2022 21:18 ET | Service: 0 year 1 month 11 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 41 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 1 September 1927 | Age: 53 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: n/a | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| ID: 25515(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:16 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 42 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 6 August 1931 | Age: 57 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 50.18% | 1,259 of 2,509 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 49.82% | 1,250 (-9) | Hugh F. Morrison m | |||||
| ID: 25535(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:13 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 43 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 23 July 1935 | Age: 61 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 60.65% | 1,580 of 2,605 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 39.35% | 1,025 (-555) | Hugh F. Morrison m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 10 January 1936 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Died in office | ||||
| ID: 25570(F) — 14 Feb 2022 12:43 ET | Service: 0 year 5 months 18 days (Gov't) | Exit from legislature → | |||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 43 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 29 February 1936 | Age: 61 |
Deceased | |||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 78.59% | 925 of 1,177 | Horace Wright m ( 57 ) | |||||
| ID: 25583(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | |||||||||
| → 8 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia: Walter Maxfield Lea | 19 Jan 2024 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne: Lea, Walter Maxfield | 19 Jan 2024 |
| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Lea, Walter Maxfield | 19 Jan 2024 |
| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: Lea, Walter Maxfield | 19 Jan 2024 |
| EN | Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.]): Lea, Walter Maxwell | 19 Jan 2024 |
| EN | UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly: Walter Maxfield Lea | 19 Jan 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Walter Lea | 19 Jan 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: Walter Maxfield Lea | 19 Jan 2024 |
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