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♂ Robert P. Kaplan
aliasRobert P. Kaplan
Record
30884 · 91

Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 27 December 1936 → 87 years + 4 months ago
Lived 75 years + 10 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 5 months
Death 5 November 2012 → 11 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 12 days after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 23 7 17

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 43–47 03 Mar 1980 — 16 Sep 1984 4 6 13
 1. Solicitor General

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Dalton Camp  m 
 		 ⊖ James M. Gillies  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 53,557 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9963(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
LIB
 1/3 27,335 51.04% +4,976 Loser:
PC
 22,359 41.75% Dalton K. Camp

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,893 Votes: 60,503 Participation: 84.16% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10218(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
35
LIB
 2/3 24,629 40.71% -6,135 Winner:
PC
 30,764 50.85% James M. Gillies
Eligible: 88,379 Votes: 64,350 Participation: 72.81% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10557(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
37
LIB
 1/7 32,402 50.72% +16,525 Loser:
PC
 15,877 24.85% Barry Swadron

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,874 Votes: 40,649 Participation: 71.47% Candidacies: 7
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4500(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/7 20,859 51.31% +10,395 Loser:
NDP
 10,464 25.74% Vince Del Buono

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,874 Votes: 38,229 Participation: 67.22% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4218(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/5 23,116 60.96% +15,420 Loser:
NDP
 7,696 20.30% Cris Liscio

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,769 Votes: 41,290 Participation: 72.73% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3937(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/6 20,810 51.18% +9,672 Loser:
PC
 11,138 27.39% Mike Cohen

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 41,243 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3642(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/4 24,962 60.52% +15,714 Loser:
PC
 9,248 22.42% Rocco Sebastiano

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 60,315 Votes: 39,459 Participation: 65.42% Candidacies: 11
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3349(F) — 1 Dec 2022 22:56 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 27,128 69.65% Arthur C. Eggleton

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Robert Phillip Kaplan, P.C., Q.C., M.P.		 18 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Robert Phillip Kaplan, C.P., c.r., député		 18 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Bob Kaplan		 18 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Aug 2023 22:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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