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♂ David Robertson
aliasDavid Robertson
Record
53042 · 11842

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 9 July 1841 → 182 years + 9 months ago
Lived 71 years
First mandate 5 June 1879 → 144 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 10 months
Death 8 August 1912 → 111 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 5 months after 26 February 1883
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
Ontario 3 8 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Kerns  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,250 Votes: 3,498 Participation: 66.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32880(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 1,765 50.46% +32 Loser:
LC
 1,733 49.54% W.C. Beaty

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,708 Votes: 3,885 Participation: 68.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32968(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:08 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
LIB
 2/2 1,855 48.07% -149 Winner:
LC
 2,004 51.93% William Kerns

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
David Robertson		 21 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
David Robertson		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
David Robertson (Canadian politician)		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 16:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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