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♂ Robert Fair
aliasRobert Fair
Record
19104 · 7916

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 4 September 1891 → 132 years + 7 months ago
Lived 63 years + 1 month
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 1 month
Death 1 November 1954 → 69 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Robert Fair (1891–1954)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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 19 0 14

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Henry E. Spencer  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 21,223 Votes: 14,673 Participation: 69.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22589(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
SC
 1/4 7,029 47.90% +4,014 Loser:
LIB
 3,015 20.55% Martin L. Forster

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,976 Votes: 12,254 Participation: 55.76% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22863(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
ND
 1/3 5,045 41.17% +1,237 Loser:
LIB
 3,808 31.08% Ernest A. Pitman

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,368 Votes: 13,027 Participation: 67.26% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Alberta
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23123(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
SC
 1/5 6,250 47.98% +3,646 Loser:
CCF
 2,604 19.99% Henry E. Spencer

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,547 Votes: 14,124 Participation: 68.74% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23384(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
SC
 1/3 7,708 54.97% +3,371 Loser:
CCF
 4,337 30.93% F. Clifford Saville

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,641 Votes: 18,344 Participation: 59.87% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23675(F) — 27 Jan 2022 17:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
SC
 1/5 9,238 50.65% +4,707 Loser:
LIB
 4,531 24.84% F. Clifford Saville
After his election:
1 Nov 1954 63
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 2 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,641 Votes: 20,275 Participation: 66.17% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Alberta
20 June 1955
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23947(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
63		 Successor:
SC
 8,455 41.70% James A. Smith

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Fair		 17 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Fair		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Fair (Canadian politician)		 17 Apr 2024

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