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♂ Joseph Andrew Clarke
aliasJoseph Clarke
Record
11392 · 7874

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Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 4 4
Alberta 0 5 5
Total 0 9 9
Birth 20 September 1869 → 154 years + 7 months ago
Lived 71 years + 10 months
First run 2 December 1902 → 121 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 2 months
Death 27 July 1941 → 82 years + 9 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Andrew Clarke (1869–1941)
© Photo 1919 City of Edmonton Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Clarke was the fifteenth mayor of Edmonton. An accomplished athlete, he also had penchant for violence and was accused of involvement in prostitution and gambling rings, which hampered his political career. To wit, he ran but failed nine times to win a seat federally or provincially.
 

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Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Edmonton, Alberta (1918–1920; 1934–1937)
Mun./Co. Council Edmonton, Alberta (1912; 1913–1915; 1924–1925)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
25 documented challengers
⊖ William A. Atkinson  m 
⊖ George Black  m 
⊖ Frederick T. Congdon  m 
⊖ David M. Duggan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ C. Lionel Gibbs  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William T. Henry  m 
⊖ Donald F. Kellner  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John F. Lymburn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Henry W. McKenney  m 
⊖ James Ramsey  m 
⊖ James H. Ross  m 
⊖ Charles Y. Weaver  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Samuel A.G. Barnes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John C. Bowen  m 
⊖ Herbert H. Crawford  m 
⊖ John W. Findlay  m 
⊖ Edward L. Gray  m 
⊖ William R. Howson  m 
⊖ Donald M. Kennedy  m 
⊖ John W. Leedy  m 
⊖ Henry A. Mackie  m 
⊖ Warren W. Prevey  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
⊖ Rice Sheppard  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,050 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Yukon
2 December 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20503(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
33
CONS
 2/2 2,079 41.17% -892 Winner:
LIB
 2,971 58.83% James H. Ross
Eligible: 2,871 Votes: 2,514 Participation: 87.57% Candidacies: 4
Federal
11		 Yukon
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20994(F) — 23 Jan 2022 15:20 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
CONS
 4/4 265 10.75% -727 Winner:
LIB
 992 40.24% Frederick T. Congdon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 103 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27517(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
43
SOC
 3/3 24 23.30% -16 Winner:
LIB
 40 38.83% Henry W. McKenney
Eligible: 9,946 Votes: 6,746 Participation: 67.83% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27547(F) — 5 Mar 2022 16:30 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
47
IND
 3/4 811 12.03% -2,224 Winner:
CONS
 3,035 45.00% James Ramsey
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,380 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Alberta
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21528(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 2/3 4,147 30.99% -1,947 Winner:
PROG
 6,094 45.55% Donald F. Kellner
Eligible: 33,741 Votes: 18,721 Participation: 55.50% Candidacies: 18
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27679(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
56
ILIB
 6/18 1,179 4.93% 322 Winner:
CONS
 857 9.46% David M. Duggan
Eligible: 21,600 Votes: 12,363 Participation: 57.24% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Alberta
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22053(F) — 10 Sep 2022 20:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 3/3 2,642 21.37% -2,681 Winner:
UFA
 5,323 43.06% Donald M. Kennedy
Eligible: 39,209 Votes: 21,879 Participation: 55.80% Candidacies: 17
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27732(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:57 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
60
IND
 16/17 374 1.77% -1,412 Winner:
CONS
 1,786 8.43% William A. Atkinson
Eligible: 49,212 Votes: 31,099 Participation: 63.19% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
8		 Alberta
7 October 1937
By-Election
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27835(F) — 6 Mar 2022 12:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
68
IND
 2/5 10,000 32.16% -7,788 Winner:
LIB
 17,788 57.20% Edward L. Gray

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Clarke (Canadian politician)		 08 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Apr 2024 20:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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