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♂ A. Kelso Roberts
aliasA. Kelso Roberts
Record
52965 · 13079

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 6 1 7
Birth 11 September 1898 → 125 years + 7 months ago
Lived 72 years
First mandate 4 August 1943 → 80 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 10 months
Death 8 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 11 months after 16 October 1967
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 20 8 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 9  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph M. Gould (Gold)  m 
⊖ Mark R. MacGuigan  m 
 		 ⊖ Frederick F. Hunter  m 
⊖ Samuel Walsh  m 
 
Eligible: 20,022 Votes: 12,931 Participation: 64.58% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34799(F) — 11 Sep 2023 12:47 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
LC
 2/4 5,489 43.17% -672 Winner:
LIB
 6,161 48.45% Frederick F. Hunter
Eligible: 20,881 Votes: 10,842 Participation: 51.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34898(F) — 23 Dec 2022 15:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
PC
 1/3 4,694 43.71% +1,616 Loser:
CCF
 3,078 28.66% John Osler

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,971 Votes: 16,156 Participation: 67.40% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34989(F) — 27 Apr 2024 15:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 7,974 50.21% +4,713 Loser:
CCF
 3,261 20.53% John Osler

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,060 Votes: 15,996 Participation: 66.48% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35080(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
PC
 6,946 44.06% Charles E. Rea
Eligible: 24,367 Votes: 13,042 Participation: 53.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35173(F) — 24 Dec 2022 10:14 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
PC
 1/3 7,400 57.97% +4,496 Loser:
CCF
 2,904 22.75% William Newcombe

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,597 Votes: 9,588 Participation: 51.56% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35268(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 5,165 54.60% +2,754 Loser:
LIB
 2,411 25.49% Donald Plaxton

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,541 Votes: 9,080 Participation: 51.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Ontario
11 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35383(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 5,298 59.21% +2,767 Loser:
LIB
 2,531 28.29% Lance Evans

Service: 4 years 3 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,905 Votes: 10,241 Participation: 60.58% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35489(F) — 24 Dec 2022 17:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/5 4,821 47.75% +777 Loser:
LIB
 4,044 40.05% Mark R. MacGuigan

Service: 4 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,935 Votes: 15,159 Participation: 58.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14051(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
PC
 6,142 40.97% Allan Grossman

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Archibald Kelso Roberts		 11 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Archibald Kelso Roberts		 11 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Kelso Roberts		 11 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Sep 2023 12:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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