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♂ Joseph Rorke
aliasJoseph Rorke
Record
53697 · 11840

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 2 4
Birth 26 April 1832 → 192 years ago
Lived 74 years + 11 months
First mandate 28 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 8 months
Death 11 April 1907 → 117 years ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 9 months after 25 June 1894
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
Ontario 7 5 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Gamey  m 
⊖ Neil McColman  m 
 		 ⊖ Abraham W. Lauder  m 
 
Eligible: 4,680 Votes: 2,323 Participation: 49.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32876(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
LC
 3/3 301 12.96% -993 Winner:
LC
 1,294 55.70% Abraham W. Lauder
Eligible: 5,714 Votes: 3,375 Participation: 59.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33153(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:37 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
LC
 1/3 1,485 44.29% +112 Loser:
LIB
 1,373 40.95% W. Brown

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,937 Votes: 2,895 Participation: 48.76% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33246(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LC
 1/2 1,513 52.48% +143 Loser:
LIB
 1,370 47.52% ? Hunt

Service: 4 years 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,055 Votes: 4,077 Participation: 67.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33335(F) — 8 Aug 2023 20:05 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
CPP
 2/3 1,193 29.34% -542 Winner:
PP
 1,735 42.67% Thomas Gamey

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Joseph Rorke		 09 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Joseph Rorke		 09 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Rorke		 09 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Oct 2023 13:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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