♂ John A. Matheson
 Presbyterian |
Record 40045 · 6366 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 80%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 3 September 1844 (179 years 7 months ago) |
20 March 1919 (105 years ago) |
74 years 6 months | No |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince Edward Island |
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Electoral history
| → 5 recorded electoral participations → 5 electoral path points |
→ 6 documented challengers: |
James E. Birch m Jeremiah Blanchard m Peter Gavin m (2 runoffs) Bernard D. McLellan m Stanislaus F. Perry m (2 runoffs) Benjamin Rogers m |
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| Provincial Ass.: 29 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 1st | |||||||
| 8 May 1882 | Age: 37 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/4 | LIB | 61.26% | 911 of 2,973 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LC | 45.86% | 682 (-229) | Peter Gavin m ( 34 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 1 June 1882 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Election cancelled/Unseated | ||||
| ID: 26493(F) — 6 Jan 2023 16:15 ET | Service: 0 year 0 month 24 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 29 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 1st | |||||||
| 17 April 1883 | Age: 38 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| ID: 26617(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:22 ET | Service: 3 years 1 month 12 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 30 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 1st | |||||||
| 30 May 1886 | Age: 41 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/3 | LIB | 65.26% | 992 of 3,039 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LC | 64.47% | 980 (-12) | Peter Gavin m ( 38 ) | |||||
| ID: 26508(F) — 6 Jan 2023 16:15 ET | Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 31 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 1st | |||||||
| 30 January 1890 | Age: 45 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | LIB | 52.84% | 1,106 of 4,186 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 48.02% | 1,005 (-101) | Jeremiah Blanchard m ( 30 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 9 April 1891 > | ?? | CONS | → | LIB | |||||
| ID: 26523(F) — 12 Jul 2023 16:02 ET | Service: 3 years 10 months 12 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 32 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 1st - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 13 December 1893 | Age: 49 |
Defeated incumbent | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/3 | LIB | 36.02% | 473 of 1,880 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | LIB | 43.56% | 572 (+99) | Benjamin Rogers m ( 56 ) | |||||
| ID: 26543(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET | |||||||||
| → 4 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Find a Grave: John Archibald Matheson | 27 Dec 2023 |
| EN | Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.]): Matheson, John Archibald | 27 Dec 2023 |
| EN | UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly: John Archibald Matheson | 27 Dec 2023 |
| EN | Wikipedia: John Archibald Matheson | 27 Dec 2023 |
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 @ 16:20 ET
Gen.: 18 Apr 2024 @ 14:34 ET
Gen.: 18 Apr 2024 @ 14:34 ET