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♀ Brenda Mary Robertson
aliasBrenda Robertson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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New Brunswick 5 0 5
Birth 23 May 1929 → 94 years + 11 months ago
Lived 91 years + 4 months
First mandate 13 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
Death 23 September 2020 → 3 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 9 months after 21 December 1984
Special notes
None
 
Brenda Mary Robertson (1929–2020)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Robertson was the first woman elected to the New Brunswick legislature. A Progres­sive Conservative, she served from October 1967 until being called to the Senate in December 1984. In 2023, the new bridge replacing the causeway linking Riverview to Moncton was named after her.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate New Brunswick (1984–2004)
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
New Brunswick 17 2 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Malcolm N. MacLeod  m 
 		 ⊖ Claude D. Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: 7,560 Votes: 12,293 Participation: 82.25% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
46		 New Brunswick
13 October 1967
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32520(F) — 12 Feb 2022 15:05 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 2/4 3,597 58.52% +1,065 Loser:
LIB
 2,532 41.19% Stephen S. Steeves

Service: 3 years 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,430 Votes: 13,860 Participation: 85.96% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
26 October 1970
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32546(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/4 4,863 70.61% +2,791 Loser:
LIB
 2,072 30.09% Clyde A. Downey

Service: 4 years 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,270 Votes: 5,502 Participation: 75.68% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8525(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/4 3,001 54.72% +947 Loser:
LIB
 2,054 37.45% Edgar W. Mitton

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,538 Votes: 6,462 Participation: 75.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8466(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/2 4,443 69.31% +2,476 Loser:
LIB
 1,967 30.69% W.A. (Bill) Payne

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,629 Votes: 7,712 Participation: 80.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1785(F) — 12 Feb 2022 16:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/3 4,949 64.42% +2,798 Loser:
LIB
 2,151 28.00% Jim Anderson
After her election:
21 Dec 1984 55
PC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 2 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,223 Votes: 7,799 Participation: 76.29% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
29 April 1985
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10956(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
LIB
 4,230 54.38% Hubert J. Seamans

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Library of New Brunswick, Women MLA Listing
Brenda Mary Robertson		 14 Apr 2024
FR Bibliothèque législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Liste des députées
Brenda Mary Robertson		 14 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Brenda Robertson, C.M., Senator		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Brenda Robertson, C.M., sénatrice		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Brenda Robertson		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Brenda Robertson		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 17:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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