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♂ Robert Weir
aliasRobert Weir
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 5 December 1882 → 141 years + 4 months ago
Lived 56 years + 3 months
First mandate 28 July 1930 → 93 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 7 months
Death 7 March 1939 → 85 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 4 months after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 
Robert Weir (1882–1939)
© Photo Saskatchewan Archives via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A one-term Conservative MP from Saskatchewan from 1930 to 1935, Weir had become a school inspector in 1919 after returning from World War I, but quit on his doctor's advice and began farming in an attempt to improve his health. He returned to farming after his electoral defeat, but was killed in a farming accident on March 7, 1939.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 1 28

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 17
LC
 1 Minister 47–52 08 Aug 1930 — 22 Oct 1935 5 2 14
 1. Agriculture

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Arthur J. Lewis  m 
 		 ⊖ Malcolm McLean  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 22,914 Votes: 17,491 Participation: 76.33% Candidacies: 3
Federal
17		 Saskatchewan
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22541(F) — 10 Sep 2022 15:12 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LC
 1/3 8,689 49.68% +1,322 Loser:
LIB
 7,367 42.12% Malcolm McLean
After his election:
7 Aug 1930 47
LC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,914 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
17		 Saskatchewan
25 August 1930
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22570(F) — 11 Oct 2022 21:05 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 5 years 1 month 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,567 Votes: 18,901 Participation: 76.94% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Saskatchewan
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22813(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LC
 2/4 4,814 25.47% -1,575 Winner:
LIB
 6,389 33.80% Malcolm McLean

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Weir, Robert (1882-1939)		 27 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Robert Weir, P.C., M.P.		 27 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Robert Weir, C.P., député		 27 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Weir (politician)		 27 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Weir (homme politique)		 27 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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