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♂ Robert Paton
aliasRobert Paton
Record
48348 · 11927

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 10 October 1839 → 184 years + 6 months ago
Lived 77 years + 8 months
First mandate 5 June 1890 → 133 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 7 months
Death 17 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 3 months after 28 February 1898
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 7 8 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Alfred B. Thompson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 4,516 Votes: 2,711 Participation: 60.03% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33294(F) — 31 Dec 2022 13:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,559 57.72% +417 Loser:
CER
 1,142 42.28% A. Craig

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,689 Votes: 3,183 Participation: 67.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33384(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 1,170 36.76% +79 Loser:
PP
 1,091 34.28% ? Coutts

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,251 Votes: 4,060 Participation: 77.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33479(F) — 30 Dec 2022 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LC
 1,761 43.65% Alfred B. Thompson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Robert Paton		 08 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Robert Paton		 08 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Paton (politician)		 08 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Sep 2023 06:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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