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♂ Robert A. Douglas
aliasRobert A. Douglas
Record
16775 · 10301

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Birth 22 June 1887 → 136 years + 10 months ago
Lived 71 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 38 years
Death 4 January 1959 → 65 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 4 months after 21 August 1933
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
Nova Scotia 8 1 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ John Doull  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Welsford Macdonald  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald F. Fraser  m 
⊖ Hugh A. MacQuarrie  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,888 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18084(F) — 6 Oct 2022 14:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LC
 2/9 9,053 59.19% +3,462 Loser:
LIB
 5,591 36.55% Archibald McColl

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,043 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18112(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LC
 2/6 7,572 52.77% +520 Loser:
LIB
 7,052 49.15% Donald F. Fraser

Service: 4 years 10 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,524 Votes: 38,745 Participation: 82.35% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18132(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:33 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 10,377 53.56% Donald F. Fraser

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Douglas, Robert Albert (p. 61)		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Albert Douglas		 05 Aug 2023

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