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♂ Robert S. Donaldson
aliasRobert S. Donaldson
Record
16517 · 9146

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 1 4
Birth c. 1875 → 149 years ago
Lived ± 69 years
First mandate 2 June 1925 → 98 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 50 years
Death 27 March 1944 → 80 years + 1 month ago
Died in office Yes
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
Saskatchewan 13 9 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Harold A. Lilly  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William J.F. Warren  m 
 
Eligible: 3,536 Votes: 2,373 Participation: 67.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31373(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±50
LIB
 1/3 905 38.14% +152 Loser:
CONS
 753 31.73% John A. Stinson

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,065 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 31494(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±54
LIB
 2/2 1,173 38.27% -719 Winner:
CONS
 1,892 61.73% Harold A. Lilly
Eligible: 4,434 Votes: 4,007 Participation: 90.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31558(F) — 24 Sep 2022 20:53 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±59
LIB
 1/3 1,608 40.13% +212 Loser:
CONS
 1,396 34.84% Harold A. Lilly

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,221 Votes: 6,990 Participation: 85.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31589(F) — 16 Sep 2023 10:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±63
LIB
 1/4 2,596 37.14% +673 Loser:
CONS
 1,923 27.51% Claude H.J. Burrows
After his election:
27 Mar 1944 ±69
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 5 years 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,067 Votes: 6,073 Participation: 85.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31643(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
±69		 Successor:
CCF
 2,966 48.84% William S. Thair

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert Scott Donaldson		 16 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Donaldson, Robert Scott 1875 – 1944 (p. 9)		 16 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Sep 2023 10:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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