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♂ Joseph Howe
aliasJoseph Howe
Record
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☆   Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 13 December 1804 → 219 years + 4 months ago
Lived 68 years + 5 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 7 months
Death 1 June 1873 → 150 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 25 days after 7 May 1873
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Howe (1804–1873)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Like all but one Nova Scotia MP elected in 1867, Howe was against Confederation but he came to accept it a year later and joined the Conservatives. Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in May 1873, he died three weeks later, at age 68.
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. Nova Scotia (1836–1855; 1860–1863)
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Nova Scotia (1873) Died in office
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 6 6

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA n/a
ANTI
 1 Party leader 62–64 01 Jul 1867 — 15 Nov 1869 2 4 14
2. CA 1–2
CONS
 1 Minister 64–68 16 Nov 1869 — 06 May 1873 3 5 20
3. CA 1–2
CONS
 1 Minister 64–68 08 Dec 1869 — 06 May 1873 3 4 28
 2. Secretary of State for the Provinces
 3. Indian Affairs

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Monson H. Goudge  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,070 Votes: 2,486 Participation: 80.98% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Nova Scotia
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17610(F) — 19 Jan 2022 07:50 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
62
ANTI
 1/2 1,530 61.54% +574 Loser:
IND
 956 38.46% James King
After his election:
30 Jan 1869 64
ANTI
 →
LC
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
30 Jan 1869 64
LC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 5 months 23 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 3,070 Votes: 2,641 Participation: 86.03% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Nova Scotia
24 April 1869
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18434(F) — 11 Oct 2022 14:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LC
 1/2 1,512 57.25% +383 Loser:
LIB
 1,129 42.75% Monson H. Goudge

Service: 3 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Nova Scotia
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18502(F) — 19 Jan 2022 21:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LC
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
7 May 1873 68
LC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 9 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Nova Scotia
5 July 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18684(F) — 25 Jun 2023 02:20 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
68		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Monson H. Goudge

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Joseph Howe		 02 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Howe, Joseph		 02 Mar 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Howe, Joseph		 02 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Howe, Joseph		 02 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Joseph Howe, P.C., M.P.		 02 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Joseph Howe, C.P., député		 02 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Howe		 02 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph Howe		 02 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Mar 2024 16:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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