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♂ Albert John Robertson
aliasAlbert John Robertson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 2 3
Birth 17 September 1864 → 159 years + 7 months ago
Lived 87 years + 3 months
First mandate 9 November 1905 → 118 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 1 month
Death 3 January 1952 → 72 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 42 years + 9 months after 21 March 1909
Special notes
None
 
Albert John Robertson (1864–1952)
© Photo 1909 — 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
Alberta 3 4 10 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 1
CONS
 1 Party leader 41–44 15 Mar 1906 — 31 Mar 1909 3 0 16
2. AB 1
CONS
 1 Opposition Leader 41–44 15 Mar 1906 — 25 Feb 1909 2 11 10

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Robert B. Eaton  m 
⊖ Richard A. Wallace  m 
 		 ⊖ John M. Glendenning  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,315 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27393(F) — 5 Mar 2022 13:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
CONS
 1/3 578 43.95% +23 Loser:
LIB
 555 42.21% Richard A. Wallace

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,042 Votes: 803 Participation: 77.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27449(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
44
CONS
 2/2 361 45.12% -78 Winner:
LIB
 439 54.88% John M. Glendenning
Eligible: 2,936 Votes: 1,812 Participation: 61.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27521(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
CONS
 2/2 841 46.64% -121 Winner:
LIB
 962 53.36% Robert B. Eaton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Albert J. Robertson		 29 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Albert Robertson		 29 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Mar 2024 11:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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