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♂ Gerald Richard Joseph Cobbe
aliasGerald Cobbe
Record
11701 · 48

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 22 March 1927 → 97 years + 1 month ago
Lived 77 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 3 months
Death 27 September 2004 → 19 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 10 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Gerald Richard Joseph Cobbe (1927–2004)
© Photo 1968 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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
Canada 4 4 4

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Siegfried J. Enns  m 
 		 ⊖ Peter P. Masniuk  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,624 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9925(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 8,415 42.88% +390 Loser:
PC
 8,025 40.89% Siegfried J. Enns

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,710 Votes: 21,490 Participation: 72.33% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Manitoba
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10175(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LIB
 2/4 7,474 34.78% -2,307 Winner:
PC
 9,781 45.51% Peter P. Masniuk

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Gerald Richard Joseph Cobbe (1927-2004)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gerald Richard Cobbe, M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gerald Richard Cobbe, député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gerald Cobbe		 20 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 14:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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