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♂ Joseph MacDonald
aliasJoseph MacDonald
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 14 January 1863 → 161 years + 3 months ago
Lived 79 years + 1 month
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 5 months
Death 16 February 1942 → 82 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 7 months after 19 June 1937
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ John M. Macdonald (1906–1997) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 11 11 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Gordon S. Harrington  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Malcolm A. Patterson  m 
 		 ⊖ George B. Murray  m 
⊖ Joseph Steele  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,327 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18075(F) — 6 Oct 2022 13:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
LC
 2/6 7,611 68.17% +4,334 Loser:
LIB
 3,277 29.35% Daniel McDonald

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,356 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18101(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LC
 2/4 5,762 56.61% +1,378 Loser:
LIB
 4,384 43.07% Malcolm A. Patterson

Service: 4 years 10 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,082 Votes: 9,418 Participation: 84.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18140(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
LC
 1/3 4,448 47.50% +118 Loser:
LIB
 4,330 46.24% Luke Daye

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,751 Votes: 9,064 Participation: 77.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18151(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
74
LC
 2/2 4,366 48.27% -313 Winner:
LIB
 4,679 51.73% George B. Murray

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacDonald, Joseph [2] (p. 129)		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Macdonald		 26 Aug 2023

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