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♂ Robert George Macpherson
aliasRobert Macpherson
Record
38527 · 6821

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 28 January 1866 → 158 years + 3 months ago
Lived 60 years + 8 months
First mandate 4 February 1903 → 121 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 37 years
Death 27 October 1926 → 97 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 2 days after 25 October 1908
Special notes
None
 
Robert George Macpherson (1866–1926)
© Photo 1906 — Public domain
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 5 8 19

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Leon J. Ladner  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas McInnes  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,355 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
9		 British Columbia
4 February 1903
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20507(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 2,108 48.40% +223 Loser:
ILIB
 1,885 43.28% Christopher Foley

Service: 1 year 8 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,809 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
10		 British Columbia
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20529(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/4 2,938 50.58% +858 Loser:
CONS
 2,080 35.81% R.B. Ellis

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,140 Votes: 11,136 Participation: 99.96% Candidacies: 4
Federal
11		 British Columbia
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20788(F) — 19 Sep 2022 13:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
CONS
 4,621 42.11% George H. Cowan
Eligible: 22,809 Votes: 18,167 Participation: 79.65% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 British Columbia
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21816(F) — 26 Jun 2023 19:49 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
59
LIB
 2/3 6,797 37.41% -1,790 Winner:
LC
 8,587 47.27% Leon J. Ladner

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert George Macpherson, M.P.		 17 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert George Macpherson, député		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert George Macpherson		 17 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Apr 2024 22:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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