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♂ Josiah B. Plumb
aliasJosiah B. Plumb
Record
49988 · 5236

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Birth 25 March 1816 → 208 years + 1 month ago
Lived 71 years + 11 months
First mandate 22 January 1874 → 150 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 9 months
Death 12 March 1888 → 136 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 8 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 
Josiah B. Plumb (1816–1888) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Thomas C. Street (c. 1814–1872) Brother-in-law  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 7 10 2

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Patrick Hughes  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James McMullen  m 
 
Eligible: 841 Votes: 642 Participation: 76.34% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18791(F) — 20 Jan 2022 22:55 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
57
CONS
 1/2 336 52.34% +30 Loser:
IND
 306 47.66% J.M. Currie
After his election:
30 Nov 1874 58
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 841 Votes: 605 Participation: 71.94% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 December 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18935(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
 1/2 354 58.51% +103 Loser:
LIB
 251 41.49% Solomon J.J. Brown

Service: 3 years 8 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 862 Votes: 629 Participation: 72.97% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19077(F) — 21 Jan 2022 19:50 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
CONS
 2/2 310 49.84% -2 Winner:
LIB
 312 50.16% Patrick Hughes
Eligible: 862 Votes: 618 Participation: 71.69% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
20 March 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19608(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
62
CONS
 1/2 310 50.16% +2 Loser:
LIB
 308 49.84% Patrick Hughes

Service: 3 years 2 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,802 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19304(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
CONS
 2/2 1,891 49.74% -20 Winner:
LIB
 1,911 50.26% James McMullen

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Plumb, Josiah Burr		 25 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Plumb, Josiah Burr		 25 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Josiah Burr Plumb, M.P., Senator		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Josiah Burr Plumb, député, sénateur		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Josiah Burr Plumb		 25 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Josiah Burr Plumb		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 16:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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