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♂ Robert Gavin Long
aliasRobert Gavin Long
Record
36722 · 3400

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 2 3
Birth 3 March 1937 → 87 years + 2 months ago
Lived 74 years + 3 months
First mandate 18 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 7 months
Death 4 June 2011 → 12 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 1 month after 25 April 1982
Special notes
None
 
Robert Gavin Long (1937–2011)
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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
Saskatchewan 3 6 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Michael A. Hopfner  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 10,131 Votes: 7,322 Participation: 72.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9126(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
NPD
 1/3 3,828 52.44% +615 Loser:
PC
 3,213 44.01% Bob Kent

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,404 Votes: 9,070 Participation: 79.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10663(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
NDP
 2/3 3,963 43.84% -1,005 Winner:
PC
 4,968 54.96% Michael A. Hopfner
Eligible: 12,019 Votes: 8,684 Participation: 72.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10728(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
NDP
 3/3 448 5.18% -4,078 Winner:
PC
 4,526 52.32% Michael A. Hopfner

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Long, Robert Gavin 1937 – 2011 (p. 22)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Gavin Long		 24 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Gavin Long		 24 Mar 2024

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