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♂ Robert G. Irwin
aliasRobert G. Irwin
Record
29264 · 10357

Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 17 December 1865 → 158 years + 4 months ago
Lived 75 years + 4 months
First mandate 30 June 1906 → 117 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
Death 16 May 1941 → 82 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 10 months after 24 June 1925
Special notes
None
 
Robert G. Irwin (1865–1941) 200x284
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 18 11 21 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 36–37
LIB
 1 Speaker 51–59 22 Feb 1917 — 24 Jun 1925 8 4 2

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Ernest H. Armstrong  m 
⊖ Maurice A. Nickerson  m 
⊖ Smith A. Nickerson  m 
⊖ Norman E. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Ernest R. Nickerson  m 
⊖ Moses H. Nickerson  m 
⊖ Frank E. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,857 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
30 June 1906
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17992(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/4 975 50.54% +45 Loser:
LC
 930 48.21% Netson R. Craig

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,673 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
14 June 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18021(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/4 1,245 53.27% +125 Loser:
LC
 1,120 47.92% R. Ward Fisher

Service: 5 years 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,184 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
36		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18045(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 1,442 55.63% +237 Loser:
LC
 1,205 46.49% Wendell H. Currie

Service: 4 years 1 month 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,693 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18064(F) — 7 Feb 2022 20:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/4 1,917 57.28% +294 Loser:
LC
 1,623 48.49% William T. Brannen

Service: 4 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,136 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18087(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:26 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 4/4 2,001 43.80% -451 Winner:
LC
 2,452 53.68% Norman E. Smith

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Irwin, Robert George (p. 101)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Irwin (Canadian politician)		 23 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Robert Irwin (homme politique canadien)		 23 Dec 2023

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