Joseph Albert Pinard

Joseph Albert Pinard's three-decade pursuit of electoral office in Ottawa East reflects the volatility of early twentieth-century Ontario liberalism and a politician whose influence waned considerably after the 1920s. After establishing himself through two successive provincial victories (1919–1926), Pinard's declining vote totals and repeated defeats suggest diminishing constituent support, a trajectory punctuated only by a commanding performance in 1940 at the federal level before his final electoral efforts yielded negligible returns. His shifting party designations—from provincial Liberal to Liberal Independent to Independent Liberal—hint at ideological drift or party realignment rather than principled repositioning, marking him as a transitional figure whose political relevance did not survive the interwar period's seismic shifts in Canadian politics.

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Election	Electoral District	Political Party	Votes	Elected
CAN (Sep 1911)	Ottawa (City of)	Liberal Party of Canada/Parti libéral du Canada	6,366	No
CAN (Mar 1940)	Ottawa East	Liberal Party of Canada/Parti libéral du Canada	12,373	Yes
CAN (Jun 1945)	Ottawa East	Liberal Party of Canada/Parti libéral du Canada	6,284	No
CAN (Jun 1949)	Ottawa East	Independent Liberal	1,108	No
ON (Jun 1914)	Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	2,843	No
ON (Oct 1919)	Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	7,309	Yes
ON (Jun 1923)	Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	4,635	Yes
ON (Dec 1926)	Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	5,195	Yes
ON (Oct 1929)	Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	5,724	No
ON (Jun 1934)	Ottawa East	Liberal Independent	6,116	No

Timeline

CAN (Sep 1911)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa (City of)	Liberal Party of Canada/Parti libéral du Canada	6,366	No

CAN (Mar 1940)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Liberal Party of Canada/Parti libéral du Canada	12,373	Yes

CAN (Jun 1945)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Liberal Party of Canada/Parti libéral du Canada	6,284	No

CAN (Jun 1949)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Independent Liberal	1,108	No

ON (Jun 1914)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	2,843	No

ON (Oct 1919)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	7,309	Yes

ON (Jun 1923)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	4,635	Yes

ON (Dec 1926)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	5,195	Yes

ON (Oct 1929)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Ontario Liberal Party	5,724	No

ON (Jun 1934)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Ottawa East	Liberal Independent	6,116	No

Political Party	Candidacies
independent liberal	1
liberal independent	1
liberal party of canada/parti libéral du canada	3
ontario liberal party	5