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♂ Robert A. Harrison
aliasRobert A. Harrison
Record
26244 · 5095

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 3 August 1833 → 190 years + 9 months ago
Lived 45 years + 2 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 34 years
Death 1 November 1878 → 145 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 3 months after 19 July 1872
Special notes
None
 
Robert A. Harrison (1833–1878) 200x189
© Photo 1870 William James Topley — 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 4 11 12

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John Macdonald  m 
 
 
Eligible: 4,746 Votes: 2,525 Participation: 53.20% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17698(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
CONS
 1/2 1,477 58.50% +429 Loser:
ILIB
 1,048 41.50% John Macdonald

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,617 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18590(F) — 17 Nov 2023 23:03 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
CONS
 1,043 64.50% John W. Crawford

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Alexander Harrison, M.P.		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Alexander Harrison, député		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Alexander Harrison		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 17:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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