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♂ Robert A. Shearer
aliasRobert A. Shearer
Record
56341 · 12864

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 0 1
Birth 16 March 1868 → 156 years + 1 month ago
Lived 52 years + 8 months
First mandate 29 June 1914 → 109 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 3 months
Death 3 December 1920 → 103 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 1 month after 19 October 1919
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 5 3 20 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James W. McLeod  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,138 Votes: 4,766 Participation: 77.65% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34086(F) — 1 Sep 2023 18:05 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LC
 1/2 2,436 51.46% +138 Loser:
LIB
 2,298 48.54% James W. McLeod

Service: 5 years 3 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,816 Votes: 10,116 Participation: 68.28% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34222(F) — 1 Sep 2023 18:05 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 4,284 43.01% James W. McLeod

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Robert Austin Shearer		 22 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Robert Austin Shearer		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Austin Shearer		 22 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Oct 2023 18:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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