Party Liberal Party of Canada Role Canadian Politician | Name Joseph Tucker Political party Liberal | |
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Died November 23, 1914, Saint John, Canada | ||
Preceded by John Alexander Chesley Succeeded by Alfred Augustus Stockton | ||
Joseph John Tucker (1832 – November 23, 1914) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Chatham, Kent, England, the son of John Tucker, 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. 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. Tucker was president and partner for the Morning Telegraph Publishing Company and a director of the Saint John Railway Company.
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