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♂ Joseph B. Salsberg
aliasJoseph B. Salsberg
Record
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☆   Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Ontario 4 2 6
Total 4 4 8
Birth 5 November 1902 → 121 years + 5 months ago
Lived 95 years + 3 months
First mandate 4 August 1943 → 80 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 8 months
Death 8 February 1998 → 26 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 42 years + 8 months after 8 June 1955
Special notes
None
 
Joseph B. Salsberg (1902–1998)
© Photo Ontario Jewish Archives — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
After losing his seat of St. Andrew in the 1955 Ontario general election, Salsberg left the Labour-Progressive (Communist) Party after witnessing first-hand the extent of the anti-Semitic campaign against Jews in the USSR.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 11 10 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
6 documented challengers
⊖ David A. Balfour  m 
⊖ John J. Glass  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Nathan Phillips  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Samuel Factor  m 
⊖ Allan Grossman  m 
⊖ Charles E. Rea  m 
 
Eligible: 52,160 Votes: 33,759 Participation: 64.72% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22725(F) — 21 Feb 2022 19:48 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
32
COMM
 3/5 3,646 10.80% -11,122 Winner:
LIB
 14,768 43.75% Samuel Factor
Eligible: 25,037 Votes: 17,853 Participation: 71.31% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34796(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
COMM
 2/4 6,283 35.94% -151 Winner:
LIB
 6,434 36.80% John J. Glass
Eligible: 26,209 Votes: 14,700 Participation: 56.09% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34895(F) — 23 Dec 2022 15:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LPP
 1/4 7,576 53.13% +5,071 Loser:
PC
 2,505 17.57% John Grudeff

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,277 Votes: 19,825 Participation: 67.72% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34986(F) — 23 Dec 2022 19:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LPP
 1/4 10,010 51.80% +5,985 Loser:
PC
 4,025 20.83% Edwin Goodman

Service: 3 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,682 Votes: 20,427 Participation: 71.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35077(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LPP
 1/4 9,890 49.40% +4,926 Loser:
PC
 4,964 24.80% Nathan Phillips

Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,902 Votes: 14,104 Participation: 56.64% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35170(F) — 24 Dec 2022 10:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LPP
 1/5 5,220 38.85% +1,365 Loser:
PC
 3,855 28.69% Louis Herman

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,294 Votes: 12,365 Participation: 60.93% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35265(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LPP
 2/5 4,276 35.35% -743 Winner:
PC
 5,019 41.50% Allan Grossman
Eligible: 52,220 Votes: 19,603 Participation: 37.54% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
24 October 1955
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23952(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
LPP
 3/4 3,894 19.86% -2,846 Winner:
PC
 6,740 34.38% Charles E. Rea

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Joseph Baruch Salsberg		 21 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Joseph Baruch Salsberg		 21 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
J.B. Salsberg		 21 Feb 2024

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