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♂ Josiah W. Pearce
aliasJosiah W. Pearce
Record
48645 · 12766

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth 18 January 1850 → 174 years + 3 months ago
Lived 88 years + 4 months
First mandate 29 May 1902 → 121 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 4 months
Death 25 May 1938 → 85 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 5 months after 10 December 1911
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 9 6 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Archibald W. Riddell  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,266 Votes: 5,045 Participation: 69.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33530(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
LC
 1/2 2,643 53.18% +316 Loser:
LIB
 2,327 46.82% R.C. Scott

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,108 Votes: 3,129 Participation: 44.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33629(F) — 30 Dec 2022 12:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LC
 1/2 2,327 74.51% +1,531 Loser:
LIB
 796 25.49% L. Cornell

Service: 3 years 4 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,878 Votes: 3,417 Participation: 58.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33817(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LC
 1/2 2,225 65.42% +1,049 Loser:
ICON
 1,176 34.58% Archibald W. Riddell

Service: 3 years 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33923(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. J. Robert Cooke

Online biographical references (2)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Sep 2023 12:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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