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♂ Robert Simpson
aliasBud Simpson
Record
56949 · 44

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 18 August 1910 → 113 years + 9 months ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 9 months
Death 11 November 1990 → 33 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 13 days after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Robert (Bud) Simpson (1910–1990)
© Photo 1968 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 15 4 14

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Lorne Ferg  m 
⊕ Ken MacMaster  m 
 		 ⊖ Bud Jobin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George Weaver  m 
 
Eligible: 21,826 Votes: 16,114 Participation: 73.83% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23994(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
PC
 1/4 6,191 38.83% +1,198 Loser:
LIB
 4,993 31.31% George D. Weaver

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,826 Votes: 17,783 Participation: 81.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Manitoba
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24260(F) — 23 Mar 2022 10:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 11,506 64.70% +7,347 Loser:
LIB
 4,159 23.39% Lorne P. Ferg

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,312 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Manitoba
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24537(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 10,943 51.35% +4,432 Loser:
LIB
 6,511 30.55% Francis L. (Bud) Jobin

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,950 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Manitoba
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24801(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 11,707 53.33% +4,454 Loser:
LIB
 7,253 33.04% Bruce Dunlop

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,125 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Manitoba
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25070(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 10,773 51.00% +5,079 Loser:
LIB
 5,694 26.95% Francis L. (Bud) Jobin

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,570 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9914(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/3 9,009 41.77% +1,336 Loser:
LIB
 7,673 35.57% Frank Dembinsky

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 41,916 Votes: 27,384 Participation: 65.33% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Manitoba
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10171(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
PC
 9,462 34.55% Charles K. Taylor

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Robert "Bud" Simpson (1910-1990)		  7 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Simpson, M.P.		  7 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Simpson, député		  7 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Simpson (Manitoba politician)		  7 Apr 2024

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Rev.:  7 Apr 2024 00:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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