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♂ Robert L.T. Galbraith
aliasRobert L.T. Galbraith
Record
21766 · 13279

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 2 5
Birth 23 December 1841 → 182 years + 4 months ago
Lived 82 years + 4 months
First mandate 20 December 1877 → 146 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 11 months
Death 12 May 1924 → 99 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 10 months after 6 July 1886
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
British Columbia 8 6 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Charles Gallagher  m 
⊖ Arthur W. Vowell  m 
 		 ⊖ William C. Milby  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 45 Votes: 63 Participation: 70.00% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
7 October 1875
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28624(F) — 7 Oct 2023 19:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
REF
 3/4 16 50.00% 0 Winner:
REF
 16 50.00% Arthur W. Vowell
Eligible: 45 Votes: 28 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
24 August 1876
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28636(F) — 7 Oct 2023 19:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
GOV
 2/2 14 50.00% 0 Winner:
GOV
 14 50.00% William C. Milby
Eligible: 45 Votes: 34 Participation: 75.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
20 December 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28639(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
OPPO
 1/2 21 61.76% +8 Loser:
GOV
 13 38.24% Peter McClinchy

Service: 5 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
22 May 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28644(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
OPPO
 1/2 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 2 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28661(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
GOV
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
24 Jul 1882 40
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 36 Votes: 185 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28683(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
GOV
 111 60.00% James A. Baker

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith		 07 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith		 07 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Aug 2023 23:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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