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♂ Robert George Brett
aliasRobert Brett
Record
7128 · 8799

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 0 2 2
North-Western Territories 4 1 5
Total 4 3 7
Birth 16 November 1851 → 172 years + 7 months ago
Lived 77 years + 10 months
First mandate 30 June 1888 → 135 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 7 months
Death 16 September 1929 → 94 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 4 months after 1 May 1899
Special notes
None
 
Robert George Brett (1851–1929)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Alberta (1915–1925)
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
North-Western Territories 10 9 27 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NW 3
LIB
 1 Party leader 46–50 01 Jan 1898 — 30 Apr 1902 4 3 29

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Charles W. Fisher  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Arthur L.W. Sifton  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 533 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
1		 North-Western Territories
30 June 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30474(F) — 21 Jan 2023 12:03 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
IND
 1/2 325 60.98% +117 Loser:
IND
 208 39.02% Alfred Brealey

Service: 3 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
2		 North-Western Territories
7 November 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30509(F) — 21 Jan 2023 11:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 371 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
3		 North-Western Territories
31 October 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30515(F) — 20 Jan 2023 21:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
IND
 1/2 238 64.15% +105 Loser:
IND
 133 35.85% T.F. English

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 360 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30545(F) — 19 Jan 2023 22:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 181 50.28% +2 Loser:
LICO
 179 49.72% Arthur L.W. Sifton
After his election:
1 May 1899 47
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 5 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 352 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
27 June 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30615(F) — 15 Oct 2022 10:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
47
LIB
 2/2 159 45.17% -34 Winner:
LICO
 193 54.83% Arthur L.W. Sifton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 784 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27388(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
53
CONS
 2/2 363 46.30% -58 Winner:
LIB
 421 53.70% Charles W. Fisher
Eligible: 1,034 Votes: 931 Participation: 90.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27446(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
CONS
 2/2 301 32.44% -326 Winner:
LIB
 627 67.56% Charles W. Fisher

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Brett, Robert George		  2 Jun 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Brett, Robert George		  2 Jun 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 9-12, 15, 21, 31)		  2 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Brett		  2 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Brett (homme politique canadien)		  2 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Jun 2024 15:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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