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♂ Joseph W. Margeson
aliasJoseph W. Margeson
Record
39350 · 10282

Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 2 April 1880 → 144 years ago
Lived 45 years + 6 months
First mandate 14 June 1911 → 112 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 2 months
Death 2 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 10 months after 1 December 1917
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 6 5 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William Duff  m 
⊖ Alexander K. Maclean  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred C. Zwicker  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ J. James Kinley  m 
⊖ Charles U. Mader  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,087 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
24 November 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18002(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
29
LC
 2/2 2,788 45.80% -511 Winner:
LIB
 3,299 54.20% Alexander K. Maclean
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,207 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
14 June 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18017(F) — 7 Feb 2022 15:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LC
 2/4 2,987 53.30% +308 Loser:
LIB
 2,679 47.81% Charles U. Mader

Service: 5 years 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,024 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
36		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18041(F) — 7 Feb 2022 16:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LC
 1/4 3,282 54.59% +300 Loser:
LC
 2,982 49.60% Alfred C. Zwicker
After his election:
1 Dec 1917 37
LC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,560 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21321(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
37
UNIO
 2/2 3,861 45.11% -838 Winner:
LL
 4,699 54.89% William Duff
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,202 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18060(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:56 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
40		 Successor:
LIB
 4,795 59.19% Aubrey H. Sperry

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Margeson, Joseph Willis (p. 152)		 27 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Willis Margeson		 27 Aug 2023

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