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♂ J. Christopher Metherall
aliasJ. Christopher Metherall
Record
43126 · 5501

Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 16 April 1862 → 162 years ago
Lived ± 84 years
First mandate 24 July 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 3 months
Death c. 1947 → 77 years ago
Exit → Death ± 23 years + 5 months after 23 July 1923
Special notes
None
 

J. Christopher Metherall (1862–c.1947)
No photo available
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
Prince Edward Island 3 11 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Charles E. Dalton  m 
 		 ⊖ Wilfred Tanton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,604 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25419(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 849 52.93% +94 Loser:
CONS
 755 47.07% Charles E. Dalton

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,554 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25458(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
LIB
 2/3 622 40.03% -28 Winner:
CONS
 650 41.83% Wilfred Tanton

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Joseph "Christopher" Metherall		 27 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Metherall, Joseph Christopher		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Joseph Christopher Metherall		 27 Dec 2023

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