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♂ Robert McLeese
aliasRobert McLeese
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 2 2 4
Total 2 3 5
Birth 28 June 1828 → 195 years + 10 months ago
Lived 69 years + 8 months
First mandate 23 July 1882 → 141 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 54 years
Death 27 March 1898 → 126 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 4 months after 1 November 1888
Special notes
None
 

Robert McLeese (1828–1898)
No photo available
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
British Columbia 6 3 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
10 documented challengers
⊖ William Adams  m 
⊖ George Cowan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John C. Kinchant  m 
⊖ Samuel A. Rogers  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hugh Watt  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank S. Barnard  m 
⊖ George Ferguson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph Mason  m 
⊖ Robert L. Shaw  m 
⊖ Charles Wilson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 481 Votes: 228 Participation: 47.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
29 October 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28655(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
IND
 2/3 79 34.65% -15 Winner:
IND
 94 41.23% George Ferguson
Eligible: 512 Votes: 887 Participation: 65.23% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28657(F) — 23 Jul 2023 19:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
GOV
 3/6 169 57.09% +52 Loser:
OPPO
 117 39.53% George Ferguson
After his election:
24 Jul 1882 54
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 456 Votes: 755 Participation: 60.53% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28678(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
OPPO
 2/9 113 44.84% +23 Loser:
GOV
 90 35.71% Charles Wilson
After his election:
1 Nov 1888 60
OPPO
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 3 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 298 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
6		 British Columbia
22 November 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19719(F) — 21 Oct 2023 17:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
60
IND
 2/3 95 31.88% -22 Winner:
CONS
 117 39.26% Frank S. Barnard
Eligible: 456 Votes: 196 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
26 November 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28698(F) — 4 Sep 2023 10:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
GOV
 113 57.65% Ithiel B. Nason
Eligible: 456 Votes: 689 Participation: 75.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28728(F) — 9 Jan 2024 21:49 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
66
OPPO
 3/5 142 41.16% -5 Winner:
GOV
 147 42.61% William Adams

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert McLeese		 09 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert McLeese		 09 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jan 2024 21:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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