Joseph John Tucker

Joseph John Tucker
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for City and County of St. John
In office
1896–1904
Preceded by John Alexander Chesley
Succeeded by Alfred Augustus Stockton
Personal details
Born 1832
Chatham, Kent, England
Died November 23, 1914 (aged 81–82)
Saint John, New Brunswick[1]
Political party Liberal

Joseph John Tucker (1832 – November 23, 1914) was a Canadian politician.[2]

Born in Chatham, Kent, England,[2] the son of John Tucker,[1] Tucker emigrated to Canada with his father at an early age. He was for twenty years the chief surveyor for Lloyds in the East, and resided at Shanghai.[3] Tucker commanded a transport vessel during the Crimean War. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 62nd Battalion, Saint John Fusiliers. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the New Brunswick electoral district of City and County ofSaint John in the 1896 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900.[2] Tucker was president and partner for the Morning Telegraph Publishing Company and a director of the Saint John Railway Company.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  2. 1 2 3 Joseph John Tucker – Parliament of Canada biography
  3. ↑ Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896


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