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♂ Joseph MacDonald
aliasJoseph MacDonald
Record
37621 · 4801

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth c. July 1824 → 199 years + 9 months ago
Lived Unknown
First mandate 18 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 43 years
Death Unknown
 
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
Nova Scotia 7 2 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Daniel McDonald  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John J. McKinnon  m 
 		 ⊖ Angus McGillivray  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,099 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
18 September 1867
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17478(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±43
ANTI
 2/4 1,072 69.16% +662 Loser:
CONF
 410 26.45% R.N. Henry

Service: 3 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,436 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17499(F) — 6 Feb 2022 12:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±46
LIB
 2/4 978 56.93% +125 Loser:
LC
 853 49.65% R.N. Henry

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,425 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17781(F) — 6 Feb 2022 13:46 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±50
LIB
 3/3 661 54.49% -91 Winner:
LIB
 752 62.00% Daniel McDonald

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacDonald, Joseph (p. 129)		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph MacDonald (politician)		 26 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Aug 2023 14:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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