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♂ Robert M. Dickinson
aliasRobert M. Dickinson
Record
16046 · 13284

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth c. December 1835 → 188 years + 4 months ago
Lived ± 53 years
First mandate 7 October 1875 → 148 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 39 years
Death 1 November 1889 → 134 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 5 months after 21 May 1878
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 2 7 13 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Henry Holbrook  m 
 
 
Eligible: 114 Votes: 97 Participation: 85.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
7 October 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28628(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±39
IGOV
 1/2 59 60.82% +21 Loser:
OPPO
 38 39.18% Henry Holbrook
After his election:
8 Oct 1875 ±39
IGOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 2 years 7 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 222 Votes: 146 Participation: 65.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
22 May 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28648(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:11 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±42		 Successor:
GOV
 82 56.16% Ebenezer Brown

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert M Dickinson		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Dickinson (British Columbia politician)		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 19:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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