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♂ Joseph Alphonsus Bernard
aliasJoseph Alphonsus Bernard
Record
4383 · 5569

Roman Catholic   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 0 1
Birth 27 March 1881 → 143 years + 1 month ago
Lived 81 years + 5 months
First mandate 15 September 1943 → 80 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 5 months
Death 7 September 1962 → 61 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 3 months after 30 May 1945
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Alphonsus Bernard (1881–1962)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ J. Augustin Gallant (1916–1994) Son-in-law
⊖ Stanislaus F. Perry (1823–1898) Grandfather  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 1 8 14 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,385 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25627(F) — 14 Feb 2022 14:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
LIB
 1/3 1,943 57.40% +687 Loser:
PC
 1,256 37.10% Augustine Peters
After his election:
30 May 1945 64
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 8 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,431 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
19 December 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25649(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
PC
 1,149 47.26% Clarence F. Morrissey

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Bernard, Honourable Joseph Alphonsus		 04 Feb 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Joseph Alphonsus Bernard		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Alphonsus Bernard		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph Alphonsus Bernard		 04 Feb 2024

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