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♂ Robert Beith
aliasRobert Beith
Record
3695 · 12012

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 17 May 1843 → 180 years + 11 months ago
Lived 78 years + 8 months
First mandate 5 March 1891 → 133 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 47 years + 9 months
Death 26 January 1922 → 102 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 2 months after 2 November 1904
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
Canada 12 5 18

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles J. Thornton  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,726 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19796(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,962 52.66% +198 Loser:
CONS
 1,764 47.34% George T. Blackstock

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,292 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20084(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 1,458 44.29% +52 Loser:
CONS
 1,406 42.71% D.F. Walsh

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,234 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20338(F) — 23 Jan 2022 09:45 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/2 1,597 49.38% -40 Winner:
CONS
 1,637 50.62% Charles J. Thornton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,468 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
15 January 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20489(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,740 50.17% +12 Loser:
CONS
 1,728 49.83% Charles J. Thornton

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,005 Votes: 6,559 Participation: 81.94% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20586(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
CONS
 3,322 51.15% Henry A. Ward

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Robert Beith, M.P., Senator		 27 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Robert Beith, député, sénateur		 27 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Beith		 27 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jul 2023 08:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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