Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Robert B. Powell

♂ Robert B. Powell
aliasRobert B. Powell
Record
50519 · 4107

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Birth 24 May 1901 → 122 years + 11 months ago
Lived 75 years + 3 months
First mandate 8 October 1963 → 60 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 4 months
Death 2 September 1976 → 47 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 10 months after 12 October 1970
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 7 0 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Victor G. Cardoza  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,374 Votes: 5,141 Participation: 80.66% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18403(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
PC
 1/3 2,671 52.23% +293 Loser:
LIB
 2,378 46.50% Victor G. Cardoza

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,243 Votes: 4,949 Participation: 79.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14251(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
PC
 1/2 2,524 51.31% +129 Loser:
LIB
 2,395 48.69% Phillip R. Woolaver

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,809 Votes: 5,113 Participation: 75.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8607(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
LIB
 2,903 57.54% Joseph H. Casey

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Powell, Robert Baden (p. 178)		 02 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Baden Powell (politician)		 02 Sep 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 03:07 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.