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♂ Joseph G. Rousseau
aliasJoseph G. Rousseau
Record
53995 · 4500

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 0 2
Birth 15 July 1935 → 88 years + 9 months ago
Lived ± 57 years
First mandate 24 March 1972 → 52 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 36 years + 8 months
Death c. 1993 → 31 years ago
Exit → Death ± 13 years + 6 months after 17 June 1979
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
Newfoundland and Labrador 7 2 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Thomas W. Burgess  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,191 Votes: 5,757 Participation: 92.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14696(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 1/3 3,494 60.84% +1,683 Loser:
LIB
 1,811 31.53% Thomas W. Burgess

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,845 Votes: 3,953 Participation: 50.39% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14565(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/4 2,561 65.00% +1,940 Loser:
LIB
 621 15.76% Eric P. Chaulk

Service: 3 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,389 Votes: 5,265 Participation: 71.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14513(F) — 29 Jul 2023 18:05 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
PC
 1,862 35.50% Peter J. Walsh

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Joseph G. Rousseau		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph G. Rousseau		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 19:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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