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♂ Robert Jacob
aliasRobert Jacob
Record
29450 · 13940

Anglican   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 5 December 1879 → 144 years + 4 months ago
Lived 64 years + 3 months
First mandate 15 January 1918 → 106 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
Death 13 March 1944 → 80 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 8 months after 27 June 1927
Special notes
None
 
Robert Jacob (1879–1944)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Thomas L. Morton (1846–1914) Father-in-law
⊖ William Morton (1884–1958) Brother-in-law
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✓
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 7 4 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
47 documented challengers
⊖ George Armstrong  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George F. Chipman  m 
⊖ Richard W. Craig  m 
⊖ Frederick J. Dixon  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John K. Downes  m 
⊖ Árni Eggertsson  m 
⊖ Seymour J. Farmer  m 
⊖ Charles H. Forrester  m 
⊖ Thomas G. Hamilton  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas H. Johnson  m 
⊖ George H. Lawrence  m 
⊖ James Lightfoot  m 
⊖ Daniel McLean  m 
⊖ William C. Morden  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles K. Newcombe  m 
⊖ Matthew Popovitch  m 
⊖ George W. Prout  m 
⊖ John Queen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert B. Russell  m 
⊖ John Stovel  m 
⊖ Frederick G. Tipping  m 
⊖ William J. Tupper  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Winning  m 
 		 ⊖ Duncan Cameron  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William J. Christie  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ William J. Donovan  m 
⊖ Bernard B. Dubienski  m 
⊖ William S. Evans  m 
⊖ Edward B. Fisher  m 
⊖ John T. Haig  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Martha J.R. Hample  f 
⊖ Richard J. Johns  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Law  m 
⊖ Elias R. Levinson  m 
⊖ Robert N. Lowery  m 
⊖ William R. Milton  m 
⊖ Thomas J. Murray  m 
⊖ William L. Parrish  m 
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ Arthur W. Puttee  m 
⊖ Edith F. Rogers  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Arthur Sullivan  m 
⊖ Walter H. Trueman  m 
⊖ Leoni S. Warde  m 
 
Eligible: 8,093 Votes: 5,273 Participation: 65.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
15 January 1918
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37087(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 2,912 55.22% +551 Loser:
IND
 2,361 44.78% Elias R. Levinson

Service: 2 years 5 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,255 Votes: 47,427 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 41
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37184(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
LIB
 14/41 1,206 2.54% -294 Winner:
CONS
 1,500 3.16% William J. Tupper
Eligible: 61,662 Votes: 44,328 Participation: 71.89% Candidacies: 43
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37233(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
42
LIB
 2/43 4,030 9.09% +2,435 Loser:
LIB
 1,595 3.60% Duncan Cameron

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 67,124 Votes: 50,706 Participation: 62.30% Candidacies: 25
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37331(F) — 3 Sep 2023 09:46 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
PROG
 2,236 4.41% Edward W. Montgomery

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Jacob, Robert		 15 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Jacob, Robert		 15 Mar 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Robert Jacob (1879-1944)		 15 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Jacob (politician)		 15 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Mar 2024 21:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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