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♂ Robert Shaw
aliasRobert Shaw
Record
56309 · 6361

Presbyterian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 0 1
Birth 2 September 1845 → 178 years + 8 months ago
Lived 36 years + 6 months
First mandate 9 April 1879 → 145 years + 24 days ago
↳ at age 33 years + 7 months
Death 22 March 1882 → 142 years + 1 month ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

Robert Shaw (1845–1882)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Cyrus Shaw (1850–1900) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 2 11 12 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Henry Beer  m 
 		 ⊖ Francis Kelly  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,842 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26485(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
CONS
 2/3 629 68.30% +56 Loser:
LIB
 573 62.21% Henry Beer
After his election:
22 Mar 1882 36
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,954 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26500(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
36		 Successor:
CONS
 758 51.32% Donald Ferguson

Online biographical references (3)

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

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