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♂ Robert A. Grindlay
aliasRobert A. Grindlay
Record
24731 · 5613

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 0 3
Birth 5 January 1906 → 118 years + 3 months ago
Lived 76 years + 11 months
First mandate 1 September 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 7 months
Death 28 December 1982 → 41 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 7 months after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
Robert A. Grindlay (1906–1982) 200x256
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — 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
Prince Edward Island 10 8 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,150 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25764(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
PC
 1/2 1,133 52.70% +116 Loser:
LIB
 1,017 47.30% G. Harris Rogers

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,184 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25796(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/2 1,122 51.37% +60 Loser:
LIB
 1,062 48.63% G. Harris Rogers

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,453 Votes: 2,220 Participation: 90.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25828(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/2 1,111 53.62% +150 Loser:
LIB
 961 46.38% Thomas D. Adams

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,764 Votes: 2,468 Participation: 89.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25861(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:11 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 1,185 50.17% Joshua G. MacArthur

Online biographical references (2)

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

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