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♂ Robert L. Shaw
aliasRobert L. Shaw
Record
56310 · 8016

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 0 1 1
Alberta 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 27 November 1865 → 158 years + 5 months ago
Lived 64 years + 1 month
First mandate 22 March 1909 → 115 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 43 years + 3 months
Death 22 January 1930 → 94 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 7 months after 6 June 1917
Special notes
None
 
Robert L. Shaw (1865–1930) 200x247
© Photo 1905 — 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 8 2 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ George Cowan  m 
⊖ Joseph Mason  m 
⊖ Charles Wilson  m 
 		 ⊖ George Ferguson  m 
⊖ Robert McLeese  m 
 
Eligible: 456 Votes: 755 Participation: 60.53% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28678(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
20
OPPO
 9/9 38 15.08% -73 Winner:
GOV
 111 44.05% George Cowan
Eligible: 1,690 Votes: 1,232 Participation: 72.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27455(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 873 71.27% +521 Loser:
CONS
 352 28.73% J.K. Creighton

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,033 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27503(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 928 45.65% +21 Loser:
CONS
 907 44.61% George W. Morris

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,178 Votes: 3,590 Participation: 85.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27576(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 1,408 39.45% Edward H. Prudden

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Robert L. Shaw		 10 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert L. Shaw		 10 Jan 2024

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