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♂ Robert A. (Gus) Lyons
aliasRobert A. (Gus) Lyons
Record
37285 · 13735

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth 8 July 1890 → 133 years + 9 months ago
Lived 94 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 June 1924 → 99 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 11 months
Death 27 December 1984 → 39 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 56 years + 5 months after 17 July 1928
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 4 0 27 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph B. Clearihue  m 
⊖ Reginald Hayward  m 
⊖ John Oliver  m 
 		 ⊖ James H. Hawthornthwaite  m 
⊖ Joshua Hinchcliffe  m 
⊖ Harold D. Twigg  m 
 
Eligible: 22,195 Votes: 51,675 Participation: 58.21% Candidacies: 16
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29284(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LC
 4/16 5,120 39.63% +982 Loser:
LIB
 4,138 32.03% Melbourne Raynor

Service: 4 years 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,070 Votes: 57,708 Participation: 62.54% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29372(F) — 26 Jul 2023 23:42 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
CONS
 7,232 50.13% Harold D. Twigg

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Robert Allan Gus Lyons		 25 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Aug 2023 22:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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