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♂ Robert Chambers
aliasRobert Chambers
Record
10229 · 4805

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth c. 1813 → 211 years ago
Lived ± 62 years
First mandate 18 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 54 years
Death 29 August 1875 → 148 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 3 months after 15 May 1871
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
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
Nova Scotia 3 7 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas F. Morrison  m 
⊖ Samuel Rettie  m 
 		 ⊖ Frederick M. Pearson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,739 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
18 September 1867
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17479(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±54
ANTI
 2/4 1,625 56.62% +314 Loser:
CONF
 1,311 45.68% Samuel Rettie

Service: 3 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,940 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Nova Scotia
8 November 1870
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18432(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±57
IND
 2/2 268 13.81% -1,404 Winner:
LIB
 1,672 86.19% Frederick M. Pearson
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17500(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±58		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. Samuel Rettie

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Chambers, Robert (p. 32)		 24 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Chambers (Canadian politician)		 24 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Dec 2023 06:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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