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♂ Joseph H. Unwin
aliasJoseph H. Unwin
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
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Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 15 September 1892 → 131 years + 7 months ago
Lived 94 years + 3 months
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 11 months
Death 4 January 1987 → 37 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 46 years + 9 months after 20 March 1940
Special notes
None
 
Joseph H. Unwin (1892–1987)
© Photo 1935 Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
In 1937, Unwin and a government advisor created what became known as the "Bankers' Toadies" leaflet, which urged members of the public to "exterminate" prominent bankers and politicians who were standing in the way of Social Credit monetary reform. William Griesbach, who was one of the nine men identified in the leaflet as "toadies," pressed charges against Unwin for criminal libel and counselling to murder. Unwin was sentenced to three months of hard labour on October 27.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 4 6 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John S. Cowper  m 
⊖ Christopher Pattinson  m 
 		 ⊖ Angus J. Morrison  m 
 
Eligible: 7,192 Votes: 5,467 Participation: 76.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27793(F) — 29 Oct 2022 12:35 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
42
SC
 1/3 2,154 41.52% +534 Loser:
LIB
 1,620 31.23% John S. Cowper

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,228 Votes: 5,256 Participation: 72.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27853(F) — 29 Oct 2022 12:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
SC
 2/3 1,949 39.31% -262 Winner:
DLP
 2,211 44.59% Angus J. Morrison

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Joseph H. Unwin		 06 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Unwin		 06 Mar 2024

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