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♂ Robert M. Johnston
aliasRobert M. Johnston
Record
30318 · 11550

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth 15 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
Lived 69 years + 1 month
First mandate 17 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 1 month
Death 16 October 1985 → 38 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 4 months after 8 June 1977
Special notes
None
 
Robert M. Johnston (1916–1985)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
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
Ontario 9 7 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ James J. Bradley  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Bruce A.H. Magnuson  m 
 
Eligible: 44,226 Votes: 26,973 Participation: 60.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14052(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 1/3 12,235 45.90% +3,948 Loser:
LIB
 8,287 31.09% James J. Bradley

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,157 Votes: 36,834 Participation: 68.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14167(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 16,074 43.92% +5,627 Loser:
NDP
 10,447 28.54% Marvin Blauer

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,885 Votes: 29,221 Participation: 59.77% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12516(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/5 10,064 34.74% +794 Loser:
LIB
 9,270 32.00% Jacques Rochefort

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,660 Votes: 32,077 Participation: 60.91% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12131(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 12,392 38.89% James J. Bradley

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Robert Mercer Johnston		 19 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Robert Mercer Johnston		 19 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Mercer Johnston		 19 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Mercer Johnston		 19 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Feb 2024 08:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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