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♂ Robert Anselmo Russell
aliasBob Russell
Record
54438 · 14934

  
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Alberta 0 3 3
Total 0 5 5
Birth 18 December 1930 → 93 years + 4 months ago
Lived 91 years + 8 months
First run 23 May 1967 → 56 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 5 months
Death 30 August 2022 → 1 year + 8 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Robert Anselmo Russell (1930–2022)
© Photo 2022 St. Albert Gazette — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council St. Albert, Alberta (1989–1992; 1995–2001; 2013–2017)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 16–17
LIB
 1 Party leader 40–43 13 Mar 1971 — 01 Mar 1974 2 11 16

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Peter Elzinga  m 
⊖ W. Ernest Jamison  m 
⊖ Werner G. Schmidt  m 
 		 ⊖ H. Keith Everitt  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Stewart A. McCrae  m 
⊕ John G. Williams  m 
 
Eligible: 12,480 Votes: 7,969 Participation: 63.85% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13171(F) — 11 Sep 2022 08:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 2/4 2,297 28.97% -527 Winner:
SC
 2,824 35.62% H. Keith Everitt
Eligible: 15,337 Votes: 10,767 Participation: 70.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13096(F) — 11 Sep 2022 08:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
40
LIB
 3/4 1,660 15.44% -2,963 Winner:
PC
 4,623 42.99% W. Ernest Jamison
Eligible: 18,624 Votes: 12,560 Participation: 67.44% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
17		 Alberta
25 June 1973
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13186(F) — 11 Sep 2022 08:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
42
LIB
 4/5 725 5.77% -4,851 Winner:
PC
 5,576 44.39% Stewart A. McCrae
Eligible: 86,792 Votes: 62,493 Participation: 72.00% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Alberta
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3757(F) — 11 Sep 2022 08:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 3/5 7,228 11.59% -36,798 Winner:
PC
 44,026 70.57% Peter Elzinga
Eligible: 83,800 Votes: 55,210 Participation: 65.88% Candidacies: 4
Federal
37		 Alberta
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2561(F) — 30 Jun 2023 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
69
LIB
 2/4 13,637 24.78% -19,108 Winner:
CA
 32,745 59.50% John G. Williams

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Bob Russell (Canadian politician)		 29 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Apr 2024 22:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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