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♂ Robert Wells
aliasRobert Wells
Record
64587 · 4504

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 1 3
Birth 28 August 1933 → 90 years + 8 months ago
Lived 87 years + 2 months
First mandate 24 March 1972 → 52 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 38 years + 6 months
Death 28 October 2020 → 3 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 4 months after 17 June 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
Newfoundland and Labrador 7 2 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Roderick Moores  m 
⊖ Paul S. Thoms  m 
 		 ⊖ Hugh J. Shea  m 
 
Eligible: 7,537 Votes: 6,168 Participation: 81.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
28 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 14635(F) — 6 Jul 2023 08:49 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 2/2 2,844 46.11% -480 Winner:
LIB
 3,324 53.89% Paul S. Thoms
Eligible: 10,692 Votes: 7,788 Participation: 72.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14709(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 1/2 5,997 77.64% +4,270 Loser:
LIB
 1,727 22.36% Roderick Moores

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,491 Votes: 4,710 Participation: 72.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14562(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/3 2,939 62.71% +1,902 Loser:
LIB
 1,037 22.13% Ernest E. Antle

Service: 3 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,003 Votes: 5,995 Participation: 74.91% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14510(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
PC
 3,863 64.61% Robert J. Aylward

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Robert Wells (Canadian politician)		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 22:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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