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♂ J. Hector Richard
aliasJ. Hector Richard
Record
52395 · 5590

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 5 January 1903 → 121 years + 3 months ago
Lived 91 years
First mandate 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 11 months
Death 16 January 1994 → 30 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 42 years + 8 months after 25 April 1951
Special notes
None
 
J. Hector Richard (1903–1994) 200x239
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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 4 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Hubert J. Gaudet  m 
 		 ⊖ Clarence F. Morrissey  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,788 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25663(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 1,942 51.27% +523 Loser:
PC
 1,419 37.46% Clarence F. Morrissey

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,665 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25698(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/3 1,613 44.01% -133 Winner:
PC
 1,746 47.64% Hubert J. Gaudet

Online biographical references (2)

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

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