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♂ Robert W. Dowling
aliasRobert W. Dowling
Record
16832 · 3117

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 28 September 1924 → 99 years + 7 months ago
Lived 94 years + 5 months
First mandate 28 October 1969 → 54 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 1 month
Death 4 March 2019 → 5 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 11 months after 13 March 1979
Special notes
None
 

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
Alberta 9 4 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ W. Grant Notley  m 
 
 
Eligible: 9,457 Votes: 6,435 Participation: 68.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
28 October 1969
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13184(F) — 17 Oct 2021 18:38 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
PC
 1/4 2,445 38.00% +702 Loser:
SC
 1,743 27.09% Arthur O. Jorgensen

Service: 1 year 10 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,058 Votes: 6,813 Participation: 67.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13072(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/3 3,900 59.13% +1,953 Loser:
SC
 1,947 29.52% Rollie Mohr

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,506 Votes: 5,961 Participation: 56.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12999(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 3,872 65.09% +2,446 Loser:
NDP
 1,426 23.97% John Lindsay

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,855 Votes: 8,424 Participation: 60.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12920(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
PC
 4,517 53.70% Ian W.C. Reid

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Robert W. Dowling		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Wagner Dowling		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 22:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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