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♂ Donald F. Robinson
aliasDonald F. Robinson
Record
53226 · 8609

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 1 5
Birth c. 1919 → 105 years ago
Lived ± 78 years
First mandate 12 September 1955 → 68 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 36 years
Death 9 January 1997 → 27 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 3 months after 11 September 1966
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
British Columbia 10 11 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Ernest C. Carson  m 
⊖ J. Gordon Gibson  m 
 		 ⊖ Gordon H. Dowding  m 
 
Eligible: 5,933 Votes: 3,900 Participation: 65.73% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29743(F) — 4 Mar 2022 09:33 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±33
SC
 4/5 450 12.34% -851 Winner:
PC
 1,301 35.68% Ernest C. Carson
Eligible: 5,453 Votes: 4,240 Participation: 77.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
12 September 1955
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29826(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±36
SC
 1/4 1,709 42.34% +427 Loser:
LIB
 1,282 31.76% J. Gordon Gibson

Service: 1 year 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,840 Votes: 3,979 Participation: 58.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29845(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±37
SC
 1/3 2,055 52.41% +1,096 Loser:
LIB
 959 24.46% James Smith

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,541 Votes: 4,567 Participation: 69.82% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29892(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±41
SC
 1/4 1,695 39.56% +364 Loser:
CFF
 1,331 31.06% John K. Macey

Service: 3 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,319 Votes: 4,273 Participation: 67.62% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29937(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±44
SC
 1/4 1,425 33.77% +309 Loser:
NDP
 1,116 26.45% Clare R.J. Skatfield

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,296 Votes: 8,277 Participation: 80.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30003(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±47		 Successor:
NDP
 3,885 55.37% William L. Hartley

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
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Don Robinson (politician)		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 17:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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