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♂ Joseph G. Campbell
aliasJoseph Campbell
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 4 6
Birth 19 March 1893 → 131 years + 1 month ago
Lived ± 80 years
First mandate 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 8 months
Death c. 1974 → 50 years ago
Exit → Death ± 14 years + 4 months after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 
Joseph G. Campbell (1893–c.1974)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ W. Bennett Campbell (1943–2008) Nephew  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 7 7 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas A. Curran  m 
⊖ Hugh F. MacPhee  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Macdonald  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,290 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25622(F) — 14 Feb 2022 14:39 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 2/2 609 47.21% -72 Winner:
PC
 681 52.79% Hugh F. MacPhee
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,240 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
4 June 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25648(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 2/2 592 47.74% -56 Winner:
PC
 648 52.26% John A. Macdonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,704 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25657(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 872 51.17% +40 Loser:
PC
 832 48.83% John A. Macdonald

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,777 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25692(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/2 838 47.16% -101 Winner:
PC
 939 52.84% John A. Macdonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,811 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25724(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 929 51.30% +47 Loser:
PC
 882 48.70% John A. Macdonald

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,758 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25755(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LIB
 2/2 810 46.08% -138 Winner:
PC
 948 53.92% Thomas A. Curran

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Campbell, Joseph G.		 20 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Joseph G. Campbell		 20 Apr 2024

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