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♂ Joseph P. Downey
aliasJoseph P. Downey
Record
16858 · 12782

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth 17 January 1865 → 159 years + 3 months ago
Lived ± 60 years
First mandate 29 May 1902 → 121 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 4 months
Death c. 1926 → 98 years ago
Exit → Death ± 15 years + 5 months after 1 August 1910
Special notes
None
 

Joseph P. Downey (1865–c.1926)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
How times and wordings have changed! When Downey, an Ontario Conservative, resigned as the MPP for Wellington South, it was because he had been appointed superintendent for the Ontario Asylum for Idiots.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 8 2 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel Carter  m 
 		 ⊖ John Mutrie  m 
 
Eligible: 6,420 Votes: 4,871 Participation: 75.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33586(F) — 3 Sep 2023 22:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LC
 1/3 2,341 48.09% +227 Loser:
LIB
 2,114 43.43% John Mutrie

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,445 Votes: 5,175 Participation: 80.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33688(F) — 30 Dec 2022 15:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LC
 1/3 2,640 51.18% +282 Loser:
LIB
 2,358 45.72% Arthur Tyson

Service: 3 years 4 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,392 Votes: 5,379 Participation: 72.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33876(F) — 11 Oct 2022 13:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LC
 1/3 2,787 52.12% +399 Loser:
LIB
 2,388 44.66% Arthur Tyson
After his election:
1 Aug 1910 45
LC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 1 month 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
12		 Ontario
21 October 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33893(F) — 8 Oct 2023 15:32 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. John R. Howitt

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Joseph Patrick Downey		 23 Dec 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Joseph Patrick Downey		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Downey (Ontario politician)		 23 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Dec 2023 14:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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