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♂ Joseph Wilfred Arsenault
aliasWillie Arsenault
Record
1544 · 5592

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 5 March 1906 → 118 years + 2 months ago
Lived 65 years + 1 month
First mandate 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 9 months
Death 19 April 1971 → 53 years ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 6 months after 1 October 1954
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Wilfred (Willie) Arsenault (1906–1971)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 6 9 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ J. Augustin Gallant  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,511 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25667(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 1,057 69.95% +692 Loser:
CCF
 365 24.16% Cyrus F. Gallant

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,158 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25702(F) — 14 Feb 2022 15:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 1,124 52.09% +90 Loser:
PC
 1,034 47.91% J. Augustin Gallant
After his election:
1 Oct 1954 48
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,008 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
29 November 1954
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25719(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 1,061 52.84% J. Augustin Gallant

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Arsenault, Joseph Wilfred		 24 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Joseph Wilfred Arsenault		 24 Apr 2024

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