Joseph A. Day
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The Honourable Joseph A. Day |
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| Leader of the Senate Liberal Caucus | |
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Assumed office June 15, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Cowan |
| Senator for Saint John-Kennebecasis, New Brunswick | |
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Assumed office October 4, 2001 |
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| Nominated by | Jean Chretien |
| Appointed by | Adrienne Clarkson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 24, 1945 Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Political party |
Liberal (until 2014) Independent Liberal (2014-present) |
Joseph A. Day (born January 24, 1945) is a Canadian politician. He has been a Canadian Senator since October 4, 2001 and leader of the Senate Liberal Caucus since June 15, 2016.
Day studied at College Militaire Royal Saint-Jean in 1963. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1968 with a Bachelor of Engineering degree. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1963 to 1968 and held the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He is an honorary member of the Royal Military College of Canada. Day subsequently earned a Bachelor of Law degree from Queen's University and a Masters of Law from Osgoode Hall Law School.
Day entered politics in 1978, when a by-election was held in his native New Brunswick. Day returned from his practice of law in Ottawa, Ontario to contest the by-election as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada, but was defeated in what had long been a Progressive Conservative stronghold.
He faced 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 the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a Saint John riding, was defeated in his fifth contest in five years.
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