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♂ John Beverley Robinson
aliasJohn Beverley Robinson
Record
53258 · 5134

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 21 February 1821 → 203 years + 2 months ago
Lived 75 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 4 months
Death 19 June 1896 → 127 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 11 months after 30 June 1880
Special notes
None
 
John Beverley Robinson (1821–1896)
© Photo 1900 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Toronto, Ontario (1857)
Mun./Co. Council Toronto, Ontario
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 1 25

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Hodgins  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas Moss  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 519 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18513(F) — 25 Jun 2023 15:12 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 300 57.80% +81 Loser:
IND
 219 42.20% G.J. Denison
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 52
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,024 Votes: 3,091 Participation: 61.52% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18826(F) — 20 Jan 2022 23:19 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
CONS
 2/2 1,440 46.59% -211 Winner:
LIB
 1,651 53.41% Thomas Moss
Eligible: 5,024 Votes: 3,519 Participation: 70.04% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
6 November 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18963(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 1,935 54.99% +351 Loser:
IND
 1,584 45.01% John Turner

Service: 2 years 10 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,461 Votes: 3,737 Participation: 50.09% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19112(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
CONS
 1/2 2,165 58.62% +637 Loser:
LIB
 1,528 41.38% Thomas Hodgins
After his election:
30 Jun 1880 59
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 9 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,461 Votes: 4,005 Participation: 53.68% Candidacies: 4
Federal
4		 Ontario
28 August 1880
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19621(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
CONS
 2,097 52.36% James Beaty

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Sir John Beverley Robinson		 21 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Robinson, sir John Beverley		 21 Mar 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Robinson, Sir John Beverley		 21 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Robinson, sir John Beverley		 21 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Beverley Robinson, M.P.		 21 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Beverley Robinson, député		 21 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Beverley Robinson		 21 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Mar 2024 21:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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