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♂ Robert Young
aliasRobert Young
Record
66687 · 10842

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
New Brunswick 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 11 November 1834 → 189 years + 5 months ago
Lived 69 years + 2 months
First mandate 9 June 1866 → 157 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 6 months
Death 3 February 1904 → 120 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 36 years + 1 month after 10 December 1867
Special notes
None
 
Robert Young (1834–1904) 200x196
© Photo — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Frederick C. Young (1896–1968) Grandson  
⊖ Frederick T.B. Young (1873–1940) Son  
⊖ James Young (1841–1907) Brother  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 1 6 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Théotime Blanchard  m 
⊖ Onésiphore Turgeon  m 
 		 ⊖ John Meahan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,608 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
9 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35642(F) — 9 Feb 2022 22:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
IND
 2/3 947 72.62% +247 Loser:
IND
 700 53.68% William Gordon
After his election:
10 Dec 1867 33
IND
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,259 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
6 January 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35671(F) — 17 Jun 2023 09:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
33		 Successor:
IND
 681 54.09% William Taylor
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,823 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
8		 New Brunswick
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20038(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
IND
 3/3 736 19.25% -1,211 Winner:
CONS
 1,947 50.93% Théotime Blanchard

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Young, Robert		 07 Jan 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Young, Robert		 07 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Young (Canadian politician)		 07 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Young (homme politique, 1834-1904)		 07 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Jan 2024 21:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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