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♂ Robert S. Leslie
aliasRobert S. Leslie
Record
35887 · 9123

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth 25 April 1875 → 149 years ago
Lived ± 82 years
First mandate 6 June 1929 → 94 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 1 month
Death c. 1958 → 66 years ago
Exit → Death ± 23 years + 6 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 
Robert S. Leslie (1875–c.1958)
© Photo c.1930 Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan — 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
Saskatchewan 5 0 11 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 7
CONS
 1 Speaker 54–59 06 Feb 1930 — 25 May 1934 4 3 19

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas C. Douglas  m 
⊖ Charles M. Hamilton  m 
 		 ⊖ Hugh E. Eaglesham  m 
 
Eligible: 7,453 Votes: 6,376 Participation: 85.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31500(F) — 27 Oct 2023 11:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
PROG
 1/2 3,288 51.57% +200 Loser:
LIB
 3,088 48.43% Charles M. Hamilton
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 54
PROG
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
9 Sep 1929 54
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 5 years 12 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 5,762 Votes: 5,197 Participation: 90.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31564(F) — 24 Sep 2022 21:05 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
CONS
 2/4 1,544 29.71% -737 Winner:
LIB
 2,281 43.89% Hugh E. Eaglesham

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert S Leslie		 18 Feb 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Leith, George Gordon 1923 – 1996 (p. 22)		 18 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Sterritt Leslie		 18 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Feb 2024 15:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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