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♂ Joseph T. Shaw
aliasJoseph T. Shaw
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Alberta 1 1 2
Total 2 3 5
Birth 30 August 1883 → 140 years + 7 months ago
Lived 60 years + 10 months
First mandate 6 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 3 months
Death 12 July 1944 → 79 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 24 days after 18 June 1930
Special notes
Member of the "Ginger Group" in the 1920s which led to the formation of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in 1932.
 
Joseph T. Shaw (1883–1944)
© Photo 1929 Provincial Archives of Alberta — 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
Canada 3 10 22
Alberta 3 11 20 Z
TOTAL 7 10 12

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 5–6
LIB
 1 Party leader 42–46 21 Apr 1926 — 26 Mar 1930 3 11 5

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
10 documented challengers
⊖ William Aberhart  m 
⊖ Richard B. Bennett  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Andrew Davison  m 
⊖ John C. Landeryou  m 
⊖ George D. Stanley  m 
 		 ⊖ Frederick Anderson  m 
⊖ John J. Bowlen  m 
⊖ Edith H. Gostick  f 
⊖ James C. Mahaffy  m 
⊖ Fred J. White  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,073 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Alberta
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21526(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
LAB
 1/3 7,369 45.85% +16 Loser:
NLCP
 7,353 45.75% Richard B. Bennett

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,517 Votes: 16,296 Participation: 66.47% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Alberta
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21797(F) — 26 Jun 2023 19:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
LAB
 2/2 6,040 37.06% -4,216 Winner:
LC
 10,256 62.94% Richard B. Bennett
Eligible: 3,750 Votes: 2,545 Participation: 67.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27670(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 847 35.94% -22 Loser:
UFA
 869 36.87% B.S. Plumer

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,936 Votes: 2,401 Participation: 81.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27723(F) — 6 Mar 2022 08:50 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
IND
 1,253 56.65% John Mackintosh
Eligible: 25,449 Votes: 17,981 Participation: 70.66% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22591(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 3/4 2,576 14.33% -5,800 Winner:
SC
 8,376 46.58% John C. Landeryou
Eligible: 59,338 Votes: 45,393 Participation: 78.69% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27843(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:05 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
56
INDM
 7/13 2,685 5.85% -762 Winner:
INDM
 3,447 7.51% John J. Bowlen

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Joseph Tweed Shaw		 15 Mar 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Joseph T. Shaw KC		 15 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Tweed Shaw, M.P.		 15 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Tweed Shaw, député		 15 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Tweed Shaw		 15 Mar 2024

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