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♂ Joseph Bernier
aliasJoseph Bernier
Record
4434 · 13973

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 73%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 8 2 10
Total 8 3 11
Birth 16 August 1874 → 149 years + 8 months ago
Lived 76 years + 9 months
First mandate 24 November 1900 → 123 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 26 years + 3 months
Death 9 June 1951 → 72 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 11 months after 15 June 1932
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Bernier (1874–1951)
© Photo 1902 Representative Men of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Thomas-Alfred Bernier (1844–1908) Father  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 22 1 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
9 documented challengers
⊖ David Campbell  m 
⊖ Louis Alfred Delorme  m 
⊖ John P. Howden  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ H. Frederick Lawrence  m 
⊖ Hector M. Sutherland  m 
 		 ⊖ Horace Chevrier  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph P. Dumas  m 
⊖ Marcus Hyman  m 
⊖ Victor Magar  m 
 
Eligible: 1,129 Votes: 718 Participation: 63.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
24 November 1900
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36738(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
26
CONS
 1/2 436 60.72% +154 Loser:
IND
 282 39.28% Victor Magar

Service: 2 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,329 Votes: 1,185 Participation: 89.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36879(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
28
CONS
 2/2 592 49.96% -1 Winner:
LIB
 593 50.04% Horace Chevrier
Eligible: 1,766 Votes: 1,437 Participation: 81.37% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36924(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
32
CONS
 1/2 749 52.12% +61 Loser:
LIB
 688 47.88% Horace Chevrier

Service: 3 years 4 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,500 Votes: 1,782 Participation: 71.28% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
11 July 1910
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36973(F) — 19 Mar 2022 23:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 1,022 57.35% +262 Loser:
LIB
 760 42.65% Albert Dubuc
After his election:
5 May 1913 38
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,500 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
21 May 1913
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36986(F) — 14 Oct 2022 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 1 month 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,314 Votes: 2,862 Participation: 86.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37021(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
CONS
 1/2 1,603 56.01% +344 Loser:
LIB
 1,259 43.99% Louis Alfred Delorme

Service: 1 year 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,010 Votes: 2,351 Participation: 78.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37073(F) — 6 Aug 2023 02:26 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
40		 Successor:
LIB
 921 39.17% Joseph P. Dumas
Eligible: 6,156 Votes: 4,185 Participation: 67.98% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37176(F) — 6 Aug 2023 02:26 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
45
CONS
 1/5 1,434 34.27% +492 Loser:
LIB
 942 22.51% John P. Howden

Service: 2 years 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,459 Votes: 4,324 Participation: 66.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37225(F) — 11 Sep 2022 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
IND
 1/3 2,024 46.81% +848 Loser:
LIB
 1,176 27.20% Hector M. Sutherland
After his election:
1 Sep 1926 52
IND
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 4 years 1 month 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,082 Votes: 11,565 Participation: 82.13% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Manitoba
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22083(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
LC
 2/3 3,235 27.97% -2,668 Winner:
LIB
 5,903 51.04% John P. Howden
Eligible: 8,692 Votes: 6,437 Participation: 74.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37323(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
52
CONS
 1/4 1,990 30.92% +200 Loser:
LIB
 1,790 27.81% Louis-Philippe Gagnon

Service: 4 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,623 Votes: 11,359 Participation: 72.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37373(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
CONS
 2/4 3,483 30.66% 6 Winner:
ILCF
 3,477 30.61% H. Frederick Lawrence

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Bernier, Joseph		 02 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Bernier, Joseph		 02 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)		 02 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Bernier		 02 Apr 2024

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