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♂ Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin
aliasPaul Martin Sr.
Record
39768 · 12229

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 10 0 10
Birth 23 June 1903 → 120 years + 10 months ago
Lived 89 years + 2 months
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 3 months
Death 14 September 1992 → 31 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 4 months after 19 April 1968
Special notes
One of the nine candidates in the 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.
 
Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin (1903–1992)
© Photo 1943 Yousuf Karsh — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Paul E.P. Martin (1938–) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 32 5 26

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 19–20
LIB
 1 Minister 41–43 18 Apr 1945 — 11 Dec 1946 1 7 23
2. CA 20–22
LIB
 1 Minister 43–53 12 Dec 1946 — 20 Jun 1957 10 6 8
3. CA 21
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 47 02 Aug 1950 — 06 Aug 1950 0 0 4
4. CA 26–27
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 59–64 22 Apr 1963 — 19 Apr 1968 4 11 28
5. CA 27–28
LIB
 1 Minister 64–65 20 Apr 1968 — 31 Mar 1969 0 11 11
 1. Secretary of State of Canada
 2. National Health and Welfare
 3. Labour [Int]
 4. External Affairs
 5. Without portfolio

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 11  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick A. Burr  m 
⊖ Raymond D. Morand  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Bruce A.H. Magnuson  m 
⊖ William C. Riggs  m 
 
Eligible: 26,224 Votes: 19,263 Participation: 73.46% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22667(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 1/4 7,562 39.26% +1,069 Loser:
LC
 6,493 33.71% Raymond D. Morand

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,220 Votes: 21,148 Participation: 69.98% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22946(F) — 29 Sep 2021 22:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/4 9,811 46.39% +1,751 Loser:
NATG
 8,060 38.11% Raymond D. Morand

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,480 Votes: 28,758 Participation: 76.73% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23206(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 16,165 56.21% +7,921 Loser:
PC
 8,244 28.67% James A. Byrne

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,393 Votes: 32,086 Participation: 77.52% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23467(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/4 16,709 52.89% +8,505 Loser:
PC
 8,204 25.97% James R. Turnbull

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,992 Votes: 30,332 Participation: 63.20% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23768(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 19,946 67.16% +14,416 Loser:
PC
 5,530 18.62% Aloysius Kennedy

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,054 Votes: 39,232 Participation: 75.37% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24050(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 22,023 57.15% +11,430 Loser:
PC
 10,593 27.49% Roy R. Hicks

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,054 Votes: 43,055 Participation: 82.71% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24316(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 18,074 41.98% +1,623 Loser:
PC
 16,451 38.21% Roy R. Hicks

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,543 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24593(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/4 24,969 58.69% +16,081 Loser:
NDP
 8,888 20.89% George Drury

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,009 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24857(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 25,727 59.82% +16,833 Loser:
PC
 8,894 20.68% David Gourlie

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,353 Votes: 41,589 Participation: 73.80% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25126(F) — 29 Jan 2022 13:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/4 26,094 63.78% +17,952 Loser:
PC
 8,142 19.90% David Gourlie
After his election:
19 Apr 1968 64
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,779 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10037(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 17,090 49.14% Mark R. MacGuigan

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Paul Joseph James Martin		 15 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Martin, Paul Joseph James		 15 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin, P.C., Q.C., C.C., M.P., Senator		 15 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. Paul Joseph James Martin, C.P., c.r., C.C., député, sénateur		 15 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul Martin Sr.		 15 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul Joseph James Martin		 15 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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