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♂ Robert Dechert
aliasRobert Dechert
Record
15040 · 1676

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 3 5
Birth 18 May 1958
Age 65 years + 11 months
First mandate 14 October 2008 → 15 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Robert Dechert (1958– )
© Photo Foreign and Commonwealth Office — licensed under OGL v1.0
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
Canada 7 0 2

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Omar Alghabra  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Carolyn Parrish  f 
 		 ⊕ Iqra Khalid  f 
 
Eligible: 86,640 Votes: 52,219 Participation: 60.27% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1113(F) — 6 Jul 2023 22:45 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
46
CPC
 2/5 16,600 31.95% -11,646 Winner:
LIB
 28,246 54.37% Carolyn Parrish
Eligible: 91,874 Votes: 60,173 Participation: 65.50% Candidacies: 5
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 803(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
47
CPC
 2/5 23,524 39.26% -3,328 Winner:
LIB
 26,852 44.81% Omar Alghabra
Eligible: 99,774 Votes: 56,071 Participation: 56.20% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Ontario
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5845(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
CPC
 1/5 23,863 42.71% +397 Loser:
LIB
 23,466 42.00% Omar Alghabra

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 105,430 Votes: 63,671 Participation: 60.39% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6385(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CPC
 1/5 29,793 46.95% +8,252 Loser:
LIB
 21,541 33.95% Omar Alghabra

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 83,062 Votes: 55,592 Participation: 66.93% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7470(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
CPC
 2/4 21,716 39.24% -5,804 Winner:
LIB
 27,520 49.72% Iqra Khalid

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Bob Dechert, M.P.		 21 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Bob Dechert, député		 21 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bob Dechert		 21 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Feb 2024 09:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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