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♂ Joseph Matheson
aliasJoseph Matheson
Record
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Presbyterian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Nova Scotia 3 3 6
Total 4 3 7
Birth 7 May 1833 → 190 years + 11 months ago
Lived 82 years + 4 months
First mandate 15 June 1886 → 137 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 1 month
Death 23 September 1915 → 108 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 10 months after 2 November 1904
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Josiah Hooper (1807–1878) Father-in-law
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 11 25
Nova Scotia 10 0 19 Z
TOTAL 14 0 14

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 9  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph A. Gillies  m 
⊖ Simon Joyce  m 
⊖ Isidore LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Murdoch McRae  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ David A. Hearn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Abraham LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander McCuish  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Morrison  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,294 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17818(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 4/4 501 43.68% -98 Winner:
LIB
 599 52.22% Isidore LeBlanc
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,775 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17839(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:39 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 3/5 354 39.86% -53 Winner:
LC
 407 45.83% Murdoch McRae
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,315 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17864(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:32 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/5 616 53.20% +161 Loser:
LIB
 455 39.29% Angus S. McLean

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,038 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17887(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 2/4 859 56.55% +190 Loser:
LC
 669 44.04% David A. Hearn

Service: 3 years 9 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,847 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17910(F) — 14 Oct 2023 17:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
LIB
 3/4 974 50.62% -20 Winner:
LC
 994 51.66% John Morrison
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,002 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
27 December 1894
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17914(F) — 14 Oct 2023 17:02 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 1,055 52.70% +108 Loser:
LC
 947 47.30% John Morrison

Service: 2 years 3 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,704 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17938(F) — 14 Oct 2023 17:02 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 958 51.73% Simon Joyce
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,932 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Nova Scotia
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20317(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 1,092 56.52% +252 Loser:
CONS
 840 43.48% Joseph A. Gillies

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,158 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
10		 Nova Scotia
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20566(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 1,270 58.85% Duncan Finlayson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Matheson, M.P.		 28 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Matheson, député		 28 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Matheson, Joseph (p. 154)		 28 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Matheson		 28 Aug 2023

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