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♂ Ronald Douglas Robertson
aliasRonald Robertson
Record
53104 · 14205

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 1 4
Birth 22 August 1920 → 103 years + 8 months ago
Lived 77 years + 7 months
First mandate 15 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 25 years + 1 month
Death 27 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 9 months after 15 June 1958
Special notes
None
 
Ronald Douglas Robertson (1920–1998)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 12 7 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Albert H.C. Corbett  m 
⊖ Fredric A. Newton  m 
 		 ⊖ Maurice W. Cryderman  m 
 
Eligible: 4,345 Votes: 2,359 Participation: 54.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37515(F) — 17 Sep 2022 14:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
25
COAL
 1/2 1,247 53.31% +155 Loser:
CCF
 1,092 46.69% Leslie Thompson

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,278 Votes: 2,651 Participation: 61.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37563(F) — 17 Sep 2022 14:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
IND
 1/3 1,189 46.14% +440 Loser:
PC
 749 29.06% Fredric A. Newton
After his election:
14 Feb 1950 29
IND
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
19 Aug 1950 29
LIBP
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,030 Votes: 3,049 Participation: 75.66% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37612(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIBP
 1/4 1,474 50.26% +608 Loser:
CCF
 866 29.53% Joseph P. Perchaluk

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,001 Votes: 4,122 Participation: 68.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37684(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
LIBP
 3/4 1,083 26.38% -338 Winner:
PC
 1,421 34.62% Albert H.C. Corbett

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Robertson, Ronald Douglas		 20 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Robertson, Ronald Douglas		 20 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Ronald Douglas Robertson (1920-1998)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ronald Robertson (politician)		 20 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 13:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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