Joseph Edmond Marcile (October 22, 1854 – November 5, 1925) was a Canadian politician.

Joseph Edmond Marcile
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Bagot
In office
1898–1925
Preceded byFlavien Dupont
Succeeded byGeorges Dorèze Morin
Personal details
Born(1854-10-22)October 22, 1854
Contrecœur, Canada East
DiedNovember 5, 1925(1925-11-05) (aged 71)
Political partyLiberal

Born in Contrecœur, Canada East, Marcile was educated at the Acton Vale Model School. A merchant, he was a city councilor and mayor of Acton Vale, Quebec. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Quebec electoral district of Bagot in an 1898 by-election held after the death of the sitting MP, Flavien Dupont. A Liberal, he would remain undefeated in the following seven elections and serve for almost 27 years until dying in office in 1925.

Electoral record edit

By-election on Mr. Dupont's death, 14 December 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Joseph-Edmond Marcile 1,431
  Conservative L.T. Brodeur 1,384
1900 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,605
  Conservative Louis-Olivier Taillon 1,449
1904 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,832
  Conservative François-Xavier Lajoie 1,489
1908 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,884
  Conservative Victor Sylvestre 1,551
1911 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,845
  Conservative Tancrède Marsil 1,750
1917 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Opposition Joseph Edmond Marcile 3,318
  Government Joseph-Eugène Lafontaine 92
1921 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 4,004
  Unknown Louis-Homer Marcotte 3,034
  Unknown Joseph-Aldège Dupuis 48
1925 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 3,571
  Conservative Guillaume-André Fauteux 2,797

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