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♂ Robert Henry Parkyn
aliasRobert Henry Parkyn
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
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Alberta 1 4 5
Birth 19 November 1862 → 161 years + 5 months ago
Lived 76 years + 6 months
First mandate 28 June 1926 → 97 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 7 months
Death 13 June 1939 → 84 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 11 months after 18 June 1930
Special notes
None
 
Robert Henry Parkyn (1862–1939)
© Photo 1929 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Born in Cornwall, England, Parkyn served a single term from 1926 to 1930 in the Alberta legislature as an independent Labour MLA. He became terminally ill in 1938, and his dying wish was to meet the King and Queen during their Canadian tour in 1939. With the help of his wife and his physician, his wish was realized, and he died a few days later.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Calgary, Alberta (19221924; 1933–1936; 1939) Died in office
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 3 11 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
21 documented challengers
⊖ Herbert B. Adshead  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Blow  m 
⊖ Robert C. Edwards  m 
⊖ Edith H. Gostick  f 
⊖ Norman Hindsley  m 
⊖ John Irwin  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊖ Nellie L. McClung  f 
⊖ Alexander A. McGillivray  m 
⊖ Alexander Ross  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Fred J. White  m  (4 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Frederick Anderson  m 
⊖ John J. Bowlen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hugh C. Farthing  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Samuel B. Hillocks  m 
⊖ John W. Hugill  m 
⊖ Aylmer J.E. Liesemer  m 
⊖ Robert C. Marshall  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Harold W. McGill  m 
⊖ Robert Pearson  m 
⊖ George H. Webster  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 32,103 Votes: 75,876 Participation: 53.50% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27600(F) — 29 Oct 2022 09:48 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
58
DLP
 8/20 4,082 26.90% -1,059 Winner:
IND
 5,141 33.88% Robert Pearson
Eligible: 34,287 Votes: 19,737 Participation: 59.40% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27671(F) — 29 Oct 2022 10:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
63
ILAB
 5/11 2,467 12.50% +539 Loser:
LIB
 1,928 9.77% Nellie L. McClung

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,217 Votes: 24,981 Participation: 57.80% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27724(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
IND
 7/13 1,544 6.32% -90 Winner:
CONS
 1,634 6.69% Harold W. McGill
Eligible: 43,217 Votes: 27,831 Participation: 64.40% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 January 1933
By-Election
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27776(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
70
ILAB
 3/6 2,003 7.20% -10,529 Winner:
IND
 12,532 45.03% Norman Hindsley
Eligible: 52,244 Votes: 42,001 Participation: 80.39% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27783(F) — 29 Oct 2022 12:14 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
72
ILAB
 19/20 224 0.54% -2,928 Winner:
SC
 3,152 7.65% John W. Hugill

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Robert H. Parkyn		 13 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Parkyn		 13 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Mar 2024 21:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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