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♂ Robert Henry Winters
aliasRobert Winters
Record
65802 · 6993

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 18 August 1910 → 113 years + 8 months ago
Lived 59 years + 1 month
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 9 months
Death 10 October 1969 → 54 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 3 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
One of the nine candidates in the 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.
 
Robert Henry Winters (1910–1969)
© Photo c.1945 Arthur Roy — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Winters finished second against Pierre Trudeau in the 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election. The next year, while in California, he died of a heart attack while playing tennis. One wonders... Would he have died had he won and not been out there playing tennis, or would his ticker given up on him anyway? Would he have been the first (and only) Canadian prime minister to die in office in the 20th century?
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 7 11

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 20–21
LIB
 1 Minister 38–39 15 Nov 1948 — 17 Jan 1950 1 2 2
2. CA 21
LIB
 1 Minister 39–43 18 Jan 1950 — 16 Sep 1953 3 7 29
3. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 43–46 17 Sep 1953 — 20 Jun 1957 3 9 3
4. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 55–57 04 Jan 1966 — 29 Mar 1968 2 2 25
5. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister 55–57 04 Jan 1966 — 29 Mar 1968 2 2 25
 1. Reconstruction and Supply
 2. Resources and Development
 3. Public Works
 4. Canadian Wheat Board [Agriculture]
 5. Trade and Commerce

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Lloyd R. Crouse  m 
 
 
Eligible: 28,959 Votes: 19,550 Participation: 67.51% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Nova Scotia
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23190(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 1/3 9,693 49.58% +1,131 Loser:
PC
 8,562 43.80% Leaman C. Beach

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,050 Votes: 17,109 Participation: 77.59% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Nova Scotia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23452(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/3 8,829 52.15% +1,302 Loser:
PC
 7,527 44.46% Melbourne M. Gardner

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,397 Votes: 23,262 Participation: 79.13% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Nova Scotia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23750(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 13,053 56.46% +2,986 Loser:
PC
 10,067 43.54% Frederick L. Rhodenizer

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,193 Votes: 24,628 Participation: 84.36% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Nova Scotia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24033(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/2 12,098 49.44% -274 Winner:
PC
 12,372 50.56% Lloyd R. Crouse
Eligible: 117,925 Votes: 92,469 Participation: 78.41% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25194(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 43,807 47.68% +16,736 Loser:
PC
 27,071 29.47% George Hogan

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,561 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10042(F) — 29 Jan 2022 14:31 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 20,416 44.81% Philip G. Givens

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Robert Henry Winters		 18 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Winters, Robert Henry		 18 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Robert Henry Winters, P.C., M.P.		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Robert Henry Winters, C.P., député		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Winters		 18 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Winters		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 22:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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