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♂ Joseph A. Bancroft
aliasJoseph A. Bancroft
Record
2522 · 10213

Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth c. 1842 → 182 years ago
Lived ± 75 years
First mandate 15 March 1894 → 130 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 52 years
Death 23 January 1917 → 107 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 7 months after 13 June 1911
Special notes
None
 

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
Nova Scotia 17 2 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Frank Andrews  m 
⊖ James W. Longley  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Orlando T. Daniels  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,652 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17896(F) — 6 Feb 2022 20:55 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±52
LIB
 2/4 1,793 53.91% +238 Loser:
LC
 1,555 46.75% Thomas R. Jones

Service: 3 years 1 month 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,093 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17924(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±55
LIB
 1/4 1,878 52.95% +198 Loser:
LC
 1,680 47.36% Thomas R. Jones

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,165 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
2 October 1901
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17946(F) — 6 Feb 2022 21:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±59
LIB
 2/4 1,750 56.76% +402 Loser:
LC
 1,348 43.72% W.C. Healey

Service: 4 years 8 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,000 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
30 June 1906
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17977(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±64
LIB
 2/4 1,826 52.17% +152 Loser:
LC
 1,674 47.83% A.L. Davison

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,824 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
14 June 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18006(F) — 7 Feb 2022 14:49 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±69		 Successor:
LC
 1,938 49.54% Norman H. Phinney

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Bancroft, Joseph Austen (p. 10)		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph A. Bancroft		 26 Jul 2023

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