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♂ Joseph G. Robertson
aliasJoseph G. Robertson
Record
53082 · 4735

Congregational   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 90%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 9 1 10
Birth 1 January 1820 → 204 years + 3 months ago
Lived 79 years + 2 months
First mandate 15 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 8 months
Death 13 March 1899 → 125 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 6 days after 7 March 1892
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
Québec 24 3 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 11  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Louis-Edmond Panneton  m 
 
 
Eligible: 1,238 Votes: 862 Participation: 69.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14861(F) — 16 Feb 2022 19:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 484 56.15% +106 Loser:
CONS
 378 43.85% R.W. Henecker
After his election:
25 Oct 1869 49
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,238 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Québec
5 November 1869
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17462(F) — 14 Oct 2022 16:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 8 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,251 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Québec
15 July 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14938(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,216 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Québec
7 July 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 QLP  8 Mar 1878
ID: 15003(F) — 20 Jul 2023 09:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
25 Jan 1876 56
CONS
 →
ICON
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
8 Mar 1878 58
CONS
 →
QLP
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 2 years 9 months 23 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,037 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Québec
1 May 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
 CONS  29 Oct 1879
ID: 15068(F) — 13 Jul 2023 17:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
 By acclamation
After his election:
2 May 1878 58
CONS
 →
ICON
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
29 Oct 1879 59
QLP
 →
CONS
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
30 Oct 1879 59
ICON
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
31 Oct 1879 59
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 5 months 30 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 2,037 Votes: 1,122 Participation: 55.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Québec
20 November 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17030(F) — 14 Oct 2022 17:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
CONS
 1/2 879 78.34% +636 Loser:
QLP
 243 21.66% Alnéas McMaster

Service: 2 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,054 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Québec
2 December 1881
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15133(F) — 17 Feb 2022 08:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
23 Jan 1884 64
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 1 month 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,054 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Québec
9 February 1884
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26223(F) — 14 Oct 2022 17:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 8 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,092 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Québec
14 October 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 QLP  27 Jan 1887
ID: 15198(F) — 21 Jul 2023 20:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
27 Jan 1887 67
CONS
 →
QLP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,112 Votes: 1,916 Participation: 61.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Québec
17 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15263(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
CONS
 1/2 1,071 57.21% +270 Loser:
QLP
 801 42.79% Louis-Charles Bélanger

Service: 1 year 8 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,259 Votes: 2,313 Participation: 70.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Québec
8 March 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15344(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
72
CONS
 2/3 797 34.65% -12 Winner:
CONS
 809 35.17% Louis-Edmond Panneton

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Robertson, Joseph Gibb		 21 Oct 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Robertson, Joseph Gibb		 21 Oct 2023
FR Quebec National Assembly
Joseph Gibb Robertson		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Gibb Robertson		 21 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Joseph Gibb Robertson		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 16:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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