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♂ Robert Charles Matthews
aliasRobert Charles Matthews
Record
40186 · 12434

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 14 June 1871 → 152 years + 10 months ago
Lived 81 years + 3 months
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 3 months
Death 19 September 1952 → 71 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 11 months after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 
Robert Charles Matthews (1871–1952)
© Photo 1927 — Public domain
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 9 0 27

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 17
LC
 1 Minister 62–64 06 Dec 1933 — 13 Aug 1935 1 8 7
 1. National Revenue

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 33,636 Votes: 15,541 Participation: 46.20% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22175(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
55
LC
 1/3 6,603 42.49% +2,094 Loser:
ICON
 4,509 29.01% Cecil W. Armstrong

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,971 Votes: 16,410 Participation: 43.22% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22449(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LC
 1/2 10,949 66.72% +5,488 Loser:
LIB
 5,461 33.28% Patrick Donnelly

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,755 Votes: 23,572 Participation: 64.13% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22724(F) — 5 Jul 2023 20:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LC
 9,491 40.26% Harry G. Clarke

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Robert Charles Matthews, P.C., M.P.		 22 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Robert Charles Matthews, C.P., député		 22 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Charles Matthews		 22 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Charles Matthews		 22 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Mar 2024 00:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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