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♂ Robert G. Elgie
aliasRobert G. Elgie
Record
18408 · 11197

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth 22 January 1929 → 95 years + 3 months ago
Lived 84 years + 2 months
First mandate 9 June 1977 → 46 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 4 months
Death 3 April 2013 → 11 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 6 months after 26 September 1985
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Goldwin C. Elgie (1896–1975) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 8 3 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 45,058 Votes: 30,437 Participation: 67.55% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12159(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 1/6 14,131 46.72% +5,797 Loser:
NDP
 8,334 27.55% Lois Cox

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,877 Votes: 25,640 Participation: 57.13% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12285(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/5 14,562 57.34% +9,627 Loser:
NDP
 4,935 19.43% Lois Cox

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,849 Votes: 28,937 Participation: 64.52% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12410(F) — 6 Jul 2023 18:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/5 11,459 40.05% +2,276 Loser:
NDP
 9,183 32.10% Gordon Crann
After his election:
26 Jun 1985 56
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
26 Sep 1985 56
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 4 months 24 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,044 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Ontario
17 April 1986
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32599(F) — 31 Dec 2022 01:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 4,000 98.91% Christine Hart

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Robert Goldwin Elgie		 03 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Robert Goldwin Elgie		 03 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Elgie		 03 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 22:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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