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♂ Joseph A. Harris
aliasJoseph A. Harris
Record
26173 · 13704

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth 8 July 1900 → 123 years + 9 months ago
Lived 71 years + 6 months
First mandate 1 November 1933 → 90 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 3 months
Death 6 February 1972 → 52 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 8 months after 31 May 1937
Special notes
None
 

Joseph A. Harris (1900–1972)
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Well that's interesting!
Harris was the one-term Liberal MLA for South Okanagan from 1933 to 1937 in the British Columbia legislature. A research chemist, he was a discoverer of Promethium — element 61 in the periodic table.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 3 6 28 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James W. Jones  m 
 		 ⊖ Owen L. Jones  m 
 
Eligible: 5,593 Votes: 4,463 Participation: 79.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29423(F) — 12 Feb 2023 01:06 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/3 1,636 36.66% +191 Loser:
ICON
 1,445 32.38% James W. Jones

Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,571 Votes: 5,361 Participation: 81.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29460(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36		 Successor:
LIB
 2,388 45.02% Cecil R. Bull

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Allen Harris		 23 Dec 2023

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