♂ Stephen S. Hessian ♦
 Roman Catholic |
Record 27260 · 5500 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 57%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 2 October 1891 (132 years 6 months ago) |
5 November 1962 (61 years 5 months ago) |
71 years 1 month | Yes |
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 role
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | PE | 43 | LIB | 1 | Speaker | 43–47 | 23 Jul 1935 — 17 May 1939 | 3 | 9 | 24 | |
Electoral history
| → 7 recorded electoral participations → 8 electoral path points |
→ 3 documented challengers: |
J. Howard MacDonald m Hugh F. MacPhee m (3 runoffs) Roderick J. McLellan m |
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| Provincial Ass.: 39 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 5th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 24 July 1919 | Age: 27 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 52.14% | 500 of 959 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 47.86% | 459 (-41) | Roderick J. McLellan m ( 53 ) | |||||
| ID: 25416(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 40 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 5th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 24 July 1923 | Age: 31 |
Defeated incumbent | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/2 | LIB | 41.68% | 611 of 1,466 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | CONS | 58.32% | 855 (+244) | J. Howard MacDonald m ( 43 ) | |||||
| ID: 25455(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 42 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 3rd - Councillor | |||||||
| 6 August 1931 | Age: 39 |
Failed comeback to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/2 | LIB | 42.20% | 579 of 1,372 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | CONS | 57.80% | 793 (+214) | Hugh F. MacPhee m ( 35 ) | |||||
| ID: 25523(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 43 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 3rd - Councillor | |||||||
| 23 July 1935 | Age: 43 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 53.76% | 764 of 1,421 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 46.24% | 657 (-107) | Hugh F. MacPhee m ( 39 ) | |||||
| ID: 25558(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 44 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 3rd - Councillor | |||||||
| 18 May 1939 | Age: 47 |
Defeated incumbent | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/2 | LIB | 47.24% | 616 of 1,304 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | CONS | 52.76% | 688 (+72) | Hugh F. MacPhee m ( 43 ) | |||||
| ID: 25589(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 48 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 5th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 25 May 1955 | Age: 63 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 55.66% | 698 of 1,254 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | PC | 44.34% | 556 (-142) | Charles R. McQuaid m | |||||
| ID: 25728(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 49 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 5th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 1 September 1959 | Age: 67 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 53.10% | 848 of 1,597 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | PC | 46.90% | 749 (-99) | Daniel M. McLean m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 5 November 1962 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Died in office | ||||
| ID: 25759(F) — 14 Feb 2022 21:24 ET | Service: 3 years 2 months 4 days (Oppo.) | Exit from legislature → | |||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 50 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 5th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 10 December 1962 | Age: 71 |
Deceased | |||||||
| General | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 53.56% | 888 of 1,658 | Arthur J. MacDonald m ( 31 ) | |||||
| ID: 25791(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | |||||||||
| → 3 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.]): Hessian, Stephen Stanley | 30 Jan 2024 |
| EN | UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly: Stephen Stanley Hessian | 30 Jan 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Stephen Hessian | 30 Jan 2024 |
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