predecessor successor death_date birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
walter shaw melvin mcquaid ross mackenzie july 3 , 2005 summerside , prince edward island progressive conservative party of prince edward island leader island mayor of summerside , prince edward island of the progressive conservative party of prince edward 1930/31 september 21 , 1968 1965 george key -lrb- politician -rrb-
 february 2 , 1973 november 28 , 1968 george key
george key -lrb- politician -rrb-

george key , jr. -lrb- 1930/31 -- july 3 , 2005 -rrb- was a canadian politician , who was the leader of the progressive conservative party of prince edward island from 1968 to 1973 .
born and raised in summerside , prince edward island , he was the son of george key , sr. , a prominent local businessman for whom the city 's annual `` citizen of the year '' award is named .
he served for three years on summerside 's municipal council before becoming the city 's mayor in 1965 .
he won the leadership at the party 's leadership election on september 21 , 1968 , while sitting as mayor of summerside .
he stepped down as mayor on november 28 after winning the party leadership , just weeks after being reelected to his second term as mayor .
as he did not hold a seat in the legislative assembly of prince edward island , his predecessor walter shaw continued to serve as leader of the opposition .
key led the party into the 1970 election , in which the party won just five seats .
key himself was not elected to the legislature ; as the party 's assemblyman candidate in the electoral district of 2nd prince , he lost by a margin of just eight votes to joshua macarthur , even as his co-candidate george dewar won the district 's council seat .
macarthur 's victory was subsequently confirmed on a judicial recount .
since key continued not to hold a seat in the legislature and shaw had not stood for reelection in 1970 , dewar became the new leader of the opposition .
key announced his resignation as party leader in 1972 , and was succeeded by melvin mcquaid in early 1973 .
he died on july 3 , 2005 .
