- Joseph A. Day
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laterwork=lawyer, Canadian SenatorJoseph A. Day (born
January 24 ,1945 inSaint John, New Brunswick ) is a Canadian politician. He has been a Canadian Senator sinceOctober 4 ,2001 .Senator Joseph A. Day studied at
College Militaire Royal Saint-Jean in 1963. He graduated from theRoyal Military College of Canada inKingston, Ontario in 1968. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1963 to 1968. He is an honorary member of theRoyal Military College of Canada .Day entered politics in 1978 when a
by-election was held in his nativeNew Brunswick . Day returned from his practice of law inOttawa, Ontario to contest the by-election as a candidate of theLiberal Party of Canada , but was defeated in what had long been a Progressive Conservative stronghold.He faces the same electorate three times in two years due to the rapid succession of general elections that came in May 1979 and February 1980.
In 1982, he ran for the leadership of the New Brunswick Liberal Party, but was narrowly defeated on the final ballot by
Doug Young . The leadership race was very divisive, and the Liberals went down to their worst defeat in recent history in the 1982 provincial election. Day, who sought election to theLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a Saint John riding, was defeated in his fifth contest in five years.Day's wife,
Georgie Day , was elected to the legislature, on her first attempt in electoral politics, in 1991, and was re-elected in 1995. While in the legislature, she served in the cabinets of PremiersFrank McKenna ,Ray Frenette , andCamille Thériault .Day was appointed to the Senate of Canada from New Brunswick in 2001. He has been active on issues of
veterans ' affairs andmedia concentration . He will be a Senator until 2020 should he fill his full term.References
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=2314cdba-8980-4d80-8be1-c66766a15b36&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
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