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♂ R. Hudson Gordon
aliasR. Hudson Gordon
Record
23710 · 5529

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 0 1
Birth 8 August 1863 → 160 years + 8 months ago
Lived 85 years
First mandate 25 June 1927 → 96 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 10 months
Death 6 September 1948 → 75 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 1 month after 5 August 1931
Special notes
None
 

R. Hudson Gordon (1863–1948)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 4 1 10 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Wilfred Tanton  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,533 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25494(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 1,457 57.52% +381 Loser:
CONS
 1,076 42.48% Wilfred Tanton

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,689 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25529(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
LIB
 1,519 56.49% Thane A. Campbell

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert "Hudson" Gordon		 27 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Gordon, Robert Hudson		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Robert H. Gordon		 27 Dec 2023

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