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♂ Joseph A. Poirier
aliasJoseph A. Poirier
Record
50056 · 10845

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 3 7
Birth 23 February 1822 → 202 years + 2 months ago
Lived 92 years + 9 months
First mandate 12 January 1890 → 134 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 67 years + 10 months
Death 8 December 1914 → 109 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 9 months after 2 March 1908
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
New Brunswick 12 9 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Theobald M. Burns  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Séraphin R. Léger  m 
⊖ Martin J. Robichaud  m 
⊖ Alphonse Sormany  m 
⊖ Peter J. Veniot  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Young  m 
 		 ⊖ James P. Byrne  m 
⊖ Prosper-Élisée Paulin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Sievewright  m 
⊖ Albert J.H. Stewart  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred J. Witzell  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
12 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32102(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
67
CONS
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,294 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
24 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32123(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
CONS
 1,897 60.28% Théotime Blanchard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,807 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
5 November 1894
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32138(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
72
CONS
 3/3 825 29.39% -263 Winner:
LIB
 1,088 38.76% Peter J. Veniot
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,726 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
21 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32144(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
73
CONS
 4/5 1,646 56.58% -141 Winner:
CONS
 1,787 61.43% Prosper-Élisée Paulin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,550 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
28 February 1898
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32164(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
76
CONS
 1/2 1,806 50.87% +62 Loser:
IND
 1,744 49.13% Albert J.H. Stewart

Service: 11 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32168(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
76
CONS
 3/3 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,985 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32195(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
81
CONS
 1/6 2,344 54.16% +274 Loser:
LIB
 2,070 47.83% Frank Carron

Service: 5 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,612 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32221(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
86
CONS
 5/10 1,217 26.82% -933 Winner:
LIB
 2,150 47.39% Séraphin R. Léger

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Joseph Augustin Poirier		 15 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Poirier (New Brunswick politician)		 15 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Joseph Poirier		 15 Oct 2023

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