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♂ Robert E. Clapp
aliasRobert E. Clapp
Record
11200 · 12559

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 3 4
Birth 18 February 1855 → 169 years + 2 months ago
Lived ± 88 years
First mandate 25 January 1905 → 119 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 11 months
Death c. 1944 → 80 years ago
Exit → Death ± 35 years + 6 months after 7 June 1908
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 4 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John G. Anderson  m 
 		 ⊖ Reuben E. Truax  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 5,113 Votes: 3,818 Participation: 74.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33508(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
LC
 2/2 1,868 49.16% -64 Winner:
LIB
 1,932 50.84% Reuben E. Truax
Eligible: 4,727 Votes: 3,718 Participation: 78.65% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33606(F) — 30 Dec 2022 12:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LC
 1/2 1,890 50.97% +72 Loser:
LIB
 1,818 49.03% Reuben E. Truax

Service: 3 years 4 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,576 Votes: 3,459 Participation: 75.59% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33794(F) — 23 Feb 2022 20:08 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LC
 2/2 1,678 48.61% -96 Winner:
LIB
 1,774 51.39% Reuben E. Truax
Eligible: 4,578 Votes: 3,497 Participation: 76.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33901(F) — 29 Aug 2023 19:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
56
LC
 2/2 1,589 45.62% -305 Winner:
LIB
 1,894 54.38% John G. Anderson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Dr Robert E Clapp		 02 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Robert Edwin Clapp		 02 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Robert Edwin Clapp		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Edwin Clapp		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 16:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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