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♂ Robert C. Coates
aliasRobert C. Coates
Record
11692 · 78

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 11 0 11
Birth 10 March 1928 → 96 years + 1 month ago
Lived 87 years + 10 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 3 months
Death 11 January 2016 → 8 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 1 month after 20 November 1988
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 31 5 1

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 56 17 Sep 1984 — 12 Feb 1985 0 4 26
 1. National Defence

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Azel R. Lusby  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 22,815 Votes: 18,577 Participation: 81.42% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Nova Scotia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24028(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
29
PC
 1/2 10,065 54.51% +1,667 Loser:
LIB
 8,398 45.49% Azel R. Lusby

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,815 Votes: 18,904 Participation: 82.86% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Nova Scotia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24294(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
PC
 1/2 11,379 60.19% +3,854 Loser:
LIB
 7,525 39.81% Azel R. Lusby

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,771 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Nova Scotia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24571(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
PC
 1/4 9,524 50.74% +1,707 Loser:
LIB
 7,817 41.64% H. Keith Russell

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,990 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Nova Scotia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24835(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PC
 1/3 9,034 50.22% +952 Loser:
LIB
 8,082 44.92% H. Keith Russell

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,975 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Nova Scotia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25104(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/3 9,560 53.18% +2,472 Loser:
LIB
 7,088 39.43% C. Elmer Bragg

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,281 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9949(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/3 18,446 60.92% +8,307 Loser:
LIB
 10,139 33.48% Harry Flemming

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,050 Votes: 33,498 Participation: 77.81% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10205(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 19,455 58.08% +9,292 Loser:
LIB
 10,163 30.34% R.M. Dick Van Snick

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,050 Votes: 34,246 Participation: 79.55% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Nova Scotia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10469(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 18,078 52.79% +4,412 Loser:
LIB
 13,666 39.91% Sam Brushett

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 55,111 Votes: 40,937 Participation: 74.28% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 Nova Scotia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4404(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/4 22,827 55.76% +10,673 Loser:
LIB
 12,154 29.69% Sam Brushett

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 55,111 Votes: 39,967 Participation: 72.52% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Nova Scotia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4122(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/5 18,463 46.34% +4,726 Loser:
LIB
 13,737 34.48% Walter T. Purdy

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,250 Votes: 42,374 Participation: 74.02% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 Nova Scotia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3836(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/3 24,180 57.30% +11,691 Loser:
LIB
 12,489 29.60% Ron Creighton

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,134 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Nova Scotia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3541(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
PC
 20,384 46.19% William D. Casey

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Robert Carman Coates, P.C., Q.C., M.P.		 02 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Robert Carman Coates, C.P., c.r., député		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Coates (politician)		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 18:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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