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♂ Joseph Read
aliasJoseph Read
Record
51774 · 4761

Unitarian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Total 4 1 5
Birth 31 October 1849 → 174 years + 5 months ago
Lived 69 years + 5 months
First mandate 12 December 1900 → 123 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 1 month
Death 6 April 1919 → 105 years ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Read (1849–1919) 200x210
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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
Canada 1 3 18
Prince Edward Island 8 6 22 Z
TOTAL 9 10 10

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Michael C. Delaney  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Alfred A. Lefurgey  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 959 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17402(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 516 53.81% +73 Loser:
CONS
 443 46.19% John Anderson

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 970 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17440(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 533 54.95% +96 Loser:
CONS
 437 45.05% John Anderson

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,007 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25325(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 504 50.05% +1 Loser:
CONS
 503 49.95% Michael C. Delaney
After his election:
7 Jul 1909 59
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25339(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 2/2 484 49.85% -3 Winner:
CONS
 487 50.15% Michael C. Delaney
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,272 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Prince Edward Island
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21413(F) — 23 Jan 2022 20:54 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
68
LL
 1/2 4,298 51.96% +324 Loser:
UNIO
 3,974 48.04% Alfred A. Lefurgey
After his election:
6 Apr 1919 69
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 3 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
13		 Prince Edward Island
20 October 1919
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21507(F) — 5 Jul 2023 16:34 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
69		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. W.L. Mackenzie King

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Read, Joseph		 25 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Read, M.P.		 25 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Read, député		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Joseph Read		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Read (Canadian politician)		 25 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Dec 2023 21:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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