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♂ Robert W. Prittie
aliasRobert W. Prittie
Record
50845 · 7200

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 3 6
Birth 5 December 1919 → 104 years + 5 months ago
Lived 82 years + 1 month
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 6 months
Death 14 January 2002 → 22 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 6 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 

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
Canada 6 0 4

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Hilliard H.W. Beyerstein  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Goode  m 
⊖ Thomas J. Irwin  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ John A.W. Drysdale  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Tom Goode  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 42,560 Votes: 30,983 Participation: 72.80% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23972(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
37
CCF
 3/4 7,662 24.94% -337 Winner:
SC
 7,999 26.04% Thomas J. Irwin
Eligible: 42,560 Votes: 34,109 Participation: 80.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24238(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
38
CCF
 2/4 10,063 29.50% -5,507 Winner:
PC
 15,570 45.65% John A.W. Drysdale
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,517 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24515(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
NDP
 1/4 15,620 38.55% +4,111 Loser:
LIB
 11,509 28.41% William J. Trainor

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,596 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24779(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
NDP
 1/4 16,578 38.03% +1,010 Loser:
LIB
 15,568 35.71% William J. Trainor

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,206 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25048(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
NDP
 1/4 19,758 44.70% +5,808 Loser:
LIB
 13,950 31.56% Emmet Cafferky

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,132 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9890(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
NDP
 2/4 14,470 37.95% -1,712 Winner:
LIB
 16,182 42.44% Thomas H. Goode

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert William Prittie, M.P.		 16 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert William Prittie, député		 16 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Bob Prittie		 16 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Oct 2023 19:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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