They raised three daughters, Janet, Dolores, and Irene, in Meadow Portage, Manitoba.
[3] Joseph befriended novelist Gabrielle Roy during her sojourn near his home and was depicted in the novel Where Nests the Waterhen as Monsieur Bessette.
Prior to the election, Jeannotte had visited Roblin's office in Winnipeg to announce his readiness to be a candidate for the region.
The lopsided nature of Jeannotte's victory may be explained, in part, by the fact that Rupertsland voted several weeks after the rest of the province in the years prior to 1969, due to logistical difficulties in setting up polls in remote communities.
He faced the most difficult challenge of his career in the 1966 election, but still defeated[1] Liberal Jean René Allard by a significant margin.