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♂ Robert Wilkes
aliasRobert Wilkes
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 24 June 1832 → 191 years + 10 months ago
Lived 48 years + 1 month
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 40 years
Death 16 August 1880 → 143 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 4 months after 12 April 1875
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 2 8 21

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Angus Morrison  m 
 		 ⊖ Walter Shanly  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,404 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18673(F) — 25 Jun 2023 15:30 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 1,216 50.58% +28 Loser:
CONS
 1,188 49.42% Walter Shanly
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 41
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 4,366 Votes: 2,734 Participation: 62.62% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18814(F) — 20 Jan 2022 21:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,509 55.19% +284 Loser:
CONS
 1,225 44.81% Angus Morrison
After his election:
12 Apr 1875 42
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 1 year 2 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,366 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Ontario
21 May 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18955(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
ILIB
 Acclam. John Macdonald

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Wilkes, Robert		 30 Jul 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Wilkes, Robert		 30 Jul 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Wilkes		 30 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Wilkes		 30 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Wilkes		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 13:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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