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♂ Joshua G. MacArthur
aliasJoshua G. MacArthur
Record
37346 · 5649

Presbyterian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 19 October 1911 → 112 years + 6 months ago
Lived 68 years + 9 months
First mandate 11 May 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 6 months
Death 23 July 1980 → 43 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 23 days after 30 June 1976
Special notes
None
 
Joshua G. MacArthur (1911–1980) 200x258
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Forrest W. Phillips (1887–1972) Father-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 6 1 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ George Key  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,764 Votes: 2,468 Participation: 89.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25861(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,185 50.17% +8 Loser:
PC
 1,177 49.83% George Key

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,824 Votes: 2,471 Participation: 87.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25897(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 1,307 56.46% +299 Loser:
PC
 1,008 43.54% Hubert D. Joy
After his election:
30 Jun 1976 64
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 2 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,824 Votes: 2,315 Participation: 81.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
8 November 1976
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25918(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
PC
 1,165 50.32% L. George Dewar

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacArthur, Joshua Gordon		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Joshua Gordon MacArthur		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joshua MacArthur		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 21:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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