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♂ Robert W. Mayhew
aliasRobert W. Mayhew
Record
40295 · 7627

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 13 October 1880 → 143 years + 6 months ago
Lived 90 years + 9 months
First mandate 29 November 1937 → 86 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 1 month
Death 28 July 1971 → 52 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 11 months after 9 August 1953
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 15 8 6

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 20–21
LIB
 1 Minister 67–72 11 Jun 1948 — 14 Oct 1952 4 4 3
 1. Fisheries

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Henry L. Drayton  m 
 
 
Eligible: 28,209 Votes: 23,697 Participation: 84.01% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 British Columbia
29 November 1937
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22845(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 9,493 40.06% +1,839 Loser:
LC
 7,654 32.30% Bruce A. McKelvie

Service: 2 years 3 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,360 Votes: 26,432 Participation: 74.75% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 British Columbia
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22892(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/3 13,887 52.54% +4,694 Loser:
NATG
 9,193 34.78% James S. Brown

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,799 Votes: 35,429 Participation: 80.89% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 British Columbia
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23152(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/5 11,806 33.32% +364 Loser:
PC
 11,442 32.30% Henry L. Drayton

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,255 Votes: 34,760 Participation: 73.56% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 British Columbia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23413(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/3 19,324 55.97% +9,170 Loser:
PC
 10,154 29.41% Gordon A. Cameron

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 49,621 Votes: 33,953 Participation: 68.42% Candidacies: 6
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23706(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
LIB
 13,696 40.65% Francis T. Fairey

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Robert Wellington Mayhew, P.C., M.P.		 28 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Robert Wellington Mayhew, C.P., député		 28 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
Robert Wellington Mayhew		 28 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Mayhew		 28 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Aug 2023 12:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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