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♂ Joseph-Charles Van Horne
aliasJoseph-Charles Van Horne
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
New Brunswick 3 2 5
Total 6 2 8
Birth 4 January 1921 → 103 years + 3 months ago
Lived 82 years + 7 months
First mandate 26 September 1955 → 68 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 8 months
Death 27 August 2003 → 20 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 2 months after 1 June 1974
Special notes
None
 
Joseph-Charles Van Horne (1921–2003)
© Photo 1957 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
The bridge that links New Brunswick to Québec between Campbellton and Pointe-à-la-Croix is named after Van Horne, but should it still be? During his flamboyant campaign for New Brunswick's 1967 general election, as leader of the Progressive Conservatives, he frequently mocked the Liberal premier's mixed Acadian and First Nations heritage, saying, "These half-breeds shouldn't drink liquor." Some might argue that the times were different and that people could say such things back then. But, really... At the risk of being accused of wokeism...
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 3 19
New Brunswick 6 2 29 Z
TOTAL 11 6 18

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 45
PC
 1 Party leader 45–46 26 Nov 1966 — 13 Oct 1967 0 10 17
2. NB 45
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 45–46 26 Nov 1966 — 12 Oct 1967 0 10 16

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 10  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Jean-Baptiste D'Astous  m 
⊖ Raymond D. Doucett  m 
⊖ Samuel E. Mooers  m 
⊖ J.H. Wilfred Sénéchal  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ J.M. Joffre Daigle  m 
⊖ Louis A. LeBel  m 
⊖ Douglas B. Pettigrew  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,988 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
41		 New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32437(F) — 15 Jun 2023 08:07 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
PC
 4/7 5,759 44.31% -1,328 Winner:
LIB
 7,087 54.53% Samuel E. Mooers
Eligible: 34,141 Votes: 24,449 Participation: 71.61% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 New Brunswick
26 September 1955
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23948(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
PC
 1/3 12,942 52.93% +2,172 Loser:
LIB
 10,770 44.05% John Bugold

Service: 1 year 8 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 34,909 Votes: 29,232 Participation: 83.74% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 New Brunswick
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24011(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/2 15,774 54.75% +2,737 Loser:
LIB
 13,037 45.25% Ralph Azzie

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,909 Votes: 30,668 Participation: 87.85% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 New Brunswick
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24277(F) — 27 Jan 2022 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/3 17,221 56.15% +4,312 Loser:
LIB
 12,909 42.09% Ralph Azzie
After his election:
16 Jan 1961 40
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 2 years 9 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,909 Votes: 28,110 Participation: 80.52% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 New Brunswick
29 May 1961
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24494(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
40		 Successor:
PC
 14,566 51.82% Edgar E. Fournier
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,849 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 New Brunswick
6 February 1967
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32519(F) — 15 Sep 2021 22:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
46
PC
 1/2 9,761 57.93% +2,673 Loser:
LIB
 7,088 42.07% Alexandre J. Savoie

Service: 8 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,650 Votes: 33,674 Participation: 91.21% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
46		 New Brunswick
13 October 1967
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32530(F) — 12 Feb 2022 15:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
46
PC
 4/6 5,362 47.77% -217 Winner:
LIB
 5,579 49.70% J.H. Wilfred Sénéchal
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,739 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 New Brunswick
4 November 1968
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32544(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
47
PC
 1/2 5,447 50.72% +155 Loser:
LIB
 5,292 49.28% O.R.M. Brimsacle

Service: 1 year 11 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,747 Votes: 6,010 Participation: 89.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
26 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32548(F) — 12 Feb 2022 15:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 3,189 53.76% +483 Loser:
LIB
 2,706 45.62% John W. MacDonald
After his election:
1 Jun 1974 53
PC
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 3 years 7 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,747 Votes: 5,346 Participation: 79.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
30 September 1974
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32574(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
PC
 2,870 53.68% Fernand G. Dubé

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Charles Van Horne, M.P.		 06 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Charles Van Horne, député		 06 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Van Horne		 06 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph Charles Van Horne		 06 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 23:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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