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♂ Robert H. Carson
aliasRobert H. Carson
Record
9768 · 13636

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 2 6
Birth 7 November 1885 → 138 years + 5 months ago
Lived 85 years + 4 months
First mandate 1 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 11 months
Death 7 March 1971 → 53 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 8 months after 14 June 1949
Special notes
None
 
Robert H. Carson (1885–1971) 200x210
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Ernest C. Carson (1894–1952) Brother
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 15 7 9 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 21
COAL
 1 Speaker 62–63 02 Mar 1948 — 21 Jan 1949 0 10 19

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Philip A. Gaglardi  m 
⊖ George F. Stirling  m 
 		 ⊖ Samuel L. Howe  m 
 
Eligible: 13,395 Votes: 8,860 Participation: 66.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29363(F) — 3 Mar 2022 10:48 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 2/2 3,296 37.84% -2,118 Winner:
CONS
 5,414 62.16% Samuel L. Howe
Eligible: 5,340 Votes: 4,187 Participation: 78.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29405(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 1,836 44.76% +476 Loser:
CFF
 1,360 33.15% George R. Williams

Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,896 Votes: 4,639 Participation: 78.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29444(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 1,786 38.89% +325 Loser:
CONS
 1,461 31.82% Alfred H. Bayne

Service: 4 years 4 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,324 Votes: 4,916 Participation: 77.74% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 COAL  9 Dec 1941
ID: 29529(F) — 24 Jul 2023 00:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/5 1,933 40.14% +221 Loser:
CFF
 1,712 35.55% Charles E. Scanlan
After his election:
9 Dec 1941 56
LIB
 →
LIB
 Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,988 Votes: 4,907 Participation: 70.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29577(F) — 23 Sep 2022 10:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/3 2,804 57.78% +911 Loser:
CFF
 1,893 39.01% George R. Williams

Service: 3 years 7 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,981 Votes: 7,848 Participation: 78.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 British Columbia
15 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29618(F) — 23 Sep 2022 10:07 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 4,992 64.47% Sydney J. Smith
Eligible: 10,316 Votes: 8,540 Participation: 82.78% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29792(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
67
LIB
 2/5 2,272 27.76% -1,765 Winner:
SC
 4,037 49.33% Philip A. Gaglardi

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Robert Henry Carson		 01 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jan 2024 19:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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