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♂ Robert McGhee
aliasRobert McGhee
Record
41268 · 11743

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth c. 1836 → 188 years ago
Lived ± 57 years
First mandate 27 February 1883 → 141 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
Death 4 June 1893 → 130 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 5 months after 27 December 1886
Special notes
None
 

Robert McGhee (c.1836–1893)
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Edward A. August (1860–1935) Son-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 3 9 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John Barr  m 
 		 ⊖ William Jelly  m 
 
Eligible: 4,216 Votes: 2,453 Participation: 58.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32865(F) — 30 Aug 2023 23:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±43
IND
 2/2 1,096 44.68% -261 Winner:
LC
 1,357 55.32% John Barr
Eligible: 4,472 Votes: 2,244 Participation: 50.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32953(F) — 30 Aug 2023 23:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±47
LC
 1/3 1,051 47.13% +369 Loser:
ICON
 682 30.58% William Jelly

Service: 3 years 10 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33142(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±50		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. Falkner C. Stewart

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert McGhee		 12 May 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Robert McGhee		 12 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Robert McGhee		 12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert McGhee (politician)		 12 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 May 2024 18:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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