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♂ Joseph Kerr
aliasJoseph Kerr
Record
31550 · 11745

Irish-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth c. 1838 → 186 years ago
Lived ± 64 years
First mandate 5 June 1879 → 144 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 41 years
Death 11 April 1902 → 122 years ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 3 months after 27 December 1886
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ George Kerr (1847–1913) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 7 5 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 2,643 Votes: 1,889 Participation: 71.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32927(F) — 19 Aug 2023 09:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±41
LC
 1/2 950 50.29% +11 Loser:
LIB
 939 49.71% ? Farran
After his election:
31 Dec 1879 ±41
LC
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 6 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Ontario
23 January 1880
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33109(F) — 19 Aug 2023 09:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±42
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 1 month 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,736 Votes: 2,043 Participation: 74.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33015(F) — 19 Aug 2023 09:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±45
LC
 1/2 1,145 56.21% +253 Loser:
LIB
 892 43.79% ? Warner

Service: 3 years 10 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,505 Votes: 3,820 Participation: 69.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33141(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:30 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±48		 Successor:
LIB
 2,068 54.48% William Mack

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Joseph Kerr		 19 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Joseph Kerr		 19 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Joseph Kerr		 19 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Kerr (Canadian politician)		 19 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Aug 2023 09:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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