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♂ John F. Robertson
aliasJohn F. Robertson
Record
53076 · 6349

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 0 1
Birth 10 July 1841 → 182 years + 9 months ago
Lived 64 years + 3 months
First mandate 17 August 1876 → 147 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 1 month
Death 25 October 1905 → 118 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 10 days after 15 October 1878
Special notes
None
 

John F. Robertson (1841–1905)
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
Prince Edward Island 2 1 28 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Welsh  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,366 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
17 August 1876
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  FREE  Majority
 CONS  1 Mar 1878
ID: 26471(F) — 12 Jul 2023 12:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
FREE
 2/3 1,030 87.07% +745 Loser:
DENO
 285 24.09% Andrew O'Keefe
After his election:
1 Mar 1878 36
FREE
 →
CONS
 Change of government (remained in government)
1 Mar 1878 36
FREE
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
15 Oct 1878 37
IND
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 1 month 28 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
7 November 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26610(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:03 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
37		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. James Nicholson

Online biographical references (3)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 15:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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