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♂ Joseph H. Préfontaine
aliasJoseph H. Préfontaine
Record
50641 · 14343

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth c. 1859 → 165 years ago
Lived ± 78 years
First mandate 20 July 1903 → 120 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age ± 44 years
Death 19 December 1937 → 86 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 9 months after 6 March 1907
Special notes
None
 

Joseph H. Préfontaine (c.1859–1937)
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Albert Préfontaine (1861–1935) Cousin  
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve RM St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba (1901–1903); RM Cartier.
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 3 7 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Aimé Bénard  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles Caron  m 
 
Eligible: 943 Votes: 813 Participation: 86.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36862(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±44
LIB
 1/2 415 51.05% +17 Loser:
CONS
 398 48.95% Charles G. Caron

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,066 Votes: 861 Participation: 80.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36892(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±48
LIB
 2/2 311 36.12% -239 Winner:
CONS
 550 63.88% Aimé Bénard

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Joseph H. Prefontaine Sr.		  2 Apr 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Préfontaine, Joseph H.		  2 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Préfontaine, Joseph H.		  2 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Joseph H. Prefontaine (1859-1937)		  2 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Prefontaine		  2 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Apr 2024 16:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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