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♂ Joseph F. Fontana
aliasJoseph F. Fontana
Record
20303 · 1489

Italian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 13 January 1950
Age 74 years + 3 months
First mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 17 years + 7 months ago (20 September 2006)
Special notes
None
 
Joseph F. Fontana (1950– )
© Photo 2006 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 17 9 23

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 38
LIB
 1 Minister 54–55 20 Jul 2004 — 04 Oct 2005 1 2 14
2. CA 38
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 54–56 20 Jul 2004 — 05 Feb 2006 1 6 16
3. CA 38
LIB
 1 Minister 55–56 05 Oct 2005 — 05 Feb 2006 0 4 0
 1. Labour [Human Resources Development]
 2. Mortgage and Housing [Public Works and Gov't Services/Procurement]
 3. Labour [Human Resources and Skills Development]

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ P. Marion Boyd  f 
⊕ John Mazzilli  m 
 		 ⊖ James K. Jepson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 51,860 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3590(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 1/4 19,547 37.69% +102 Loser:
PC
 19,445 37.50% James K. Jepson

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 86,760 Votes: 51,076 Participation: 58.87% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3293(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/9 28,279 55.83% +19,042 Loser:
PC
 9,237 18.24% Rob Alder

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,263 Votes: 46,477 Participation: 60.15% Candidacies: 8
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2990(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/8 23,891 51.72% +15,819 Loser:
PC
 8,072 17.47% Jim Henkel

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 82,123 Votes: 44,511 Participation: 54.20% Candidacies: 7
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2702(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/7 22,795 51.46% +13,733 Loser:
CA
 9,062 20.46% Nancy Branscombe

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 83,448 Votes: 50,084 Participation: 60.02% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1106(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/6 21,472 43.08% +7,795 Loser:
CPC
 13,677 27.44% Tim Gatten

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 91,328 Votes: 60,407 Participation: 66.14% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 798(F) — 28 Aug 2023 12:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/6 24,109 40.12% +6,141 Loser:
CPC
 17,968 29.90% John Mazzilli
After his election:
20 Sep 2006 56
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran municipally
Service: 7 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 90,797 Votes: 38,273 Participation: 42.15% Candidacies: 7
Federal
39		 Ontario
27 November 2006
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 10820(F) — 6 Sep 2021 14:59 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 13,285 34.87% Glen D. Pearson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Joseph Frank (Joe) Fontana, P.C., M.P.		 13 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Joseph Frank (Joe) Fontana, C.P., député		 13 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joe Fontana		 13 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joe Fontana		 13 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Feb 2024 10:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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