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♂ C. Dufferin Roblin
aliasC. Dufferin Roblin
Record
53333 · 3731

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Manitoba 6 0 6
Total 6 2 8
Birth 17 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
Lived 92 years + 11 months
First mandate 10 November 1949 → 74 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 4 months
Death 30 May 2010 → 13 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 42 years + 29 days after 1 May 1968
Special notes
None
 
C. Dufferin Roblin (1917–2010)
© Photo 1957 Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Arthur B. Roblin (c. 1885–1954) Uncle  
⊖ Rodmond P. Roblin (1853–1937) Grandfather  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 18 5 15 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 24–28
PC
 1 Party leader 37–50 17 Jun 1954 — 24 Nov 1967 13 5 7
2. MB 24
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 37–40 01 Feb 1955 — 15 Jun 1958 3 4 14
3. MB 25–28
PC
 1 Premier 40–50 16 Jun 1958 — 26 Nov 1967 9 5 10

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
14 documented challengers
⊖ E. Gurney V. Evans  m 
⊖ J. Gurzon Harvey  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George P. MacLeod  m 
⊖ John S. McDiarmid  m 
⊖ Francis C. Muldoon  m 
⊕ Gillian A. Sandeman  f 
⊖ Alex J. Stringer  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Hugh Faulkner  m 
⊖ A. Montague Israels  m 
⊖ J.D.M. Maude McCreery  f 
⊖ John McDowell  m 
⊖ Edmund B. Osler  m 
⊖ Lloyd C. Stinson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ronald D. Turner  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 53,742 Votes: 27,762 Participation: 51.66% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37548(F) — 17 Sep 2022 19:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
ACPC
 4/7 3,443 12.47% +1,094 Loser:
IND
 2,349 8.51% L.F. Greene

Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,065 Votes: 29,447 Participation: 52.52% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37628(F) — 20 Mar 2022 21:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PC
 2/9 6,045 20.75% +4,225 Loser:
PC
 1,820 6.25% J.D.M. Maude McCreery

Service: 5 years 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,621 Votes: 6,954 Participation: 51.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37690(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
PC
 1/3 3,959 57.38% +2,220 Loser:
LIBP
 1,739 25.20% J. Gurzon Harvey

Service: 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,357 Votes: 7,258 Participation: 54.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37747(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
PC
 1/3 4,351 60.52% +2,644 Loser:
LIBP
 1,707 23.74% Francis C. Muldoon

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,852 Votes: 5,621 Participation: 47.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37809(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
PC
 1/3 3,207 57.64% +1,648 Loser:
LIB
 1,559 28.02% Russ Davis

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,621 Votes: 6,452 Participation: 55.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13877(F) — 24 Mar 2022 21:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
PC
 1/3 3,132 48.88% +1,352 Loser:
LIB
 1,780 27.78% Julius Koteles
After his election:
1 May 1968 50
PC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,915 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9924(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
51
PC
 2/4 13,268 28.90% -10,507 Winner:
LIB
 23,775 51.78% Edmund B. Osler
Eligible: 11,217 Votes: 4,708 Participation: 41.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
20 February 1969
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13938(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
PC
 2,161 46.64% Leonard H. Claydon
Eligible: 58,250 Votes: 45,235 Participation: 77.66% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10530(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
57
PC
 2/4 14,891 33.01% -8,974 Winner:
LIB
 23,865 52.90% J. Hugh Faulkner

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Roblin, Dufferin		 24 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Roblin, Dufferin		 24 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Charles Dufferin "Duff" Roblin (1917-2010)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Dufferin (Duff) Roblin, P.C., C.C., O.M., Senator		 24 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Dufferin (Duff) Roblin, C.P., C.C., O.M., sénateur		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dufferin Roblin		 24 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Dufferin Roblin		 24 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Feb 2024 15:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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