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♂ Robert J. Gordon
aliasRobert J. Gordon
Record
23711 · 9313

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 4 1 5
Birth c. 1873 → 151 years ago
Lived ± 88 years
First mandate 26 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 44 years
Death c. 1961 → 63 years ago
Exit → Death ± 26 years + 6 months after 18 June 1934
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 16 11 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Andrew J. Macauley  m 
 		 ⊖ George J. McLean  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,102 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31202(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±44
LIB
 1/2 1,257 59.80% +412 Loser:
CONS
 845 40.20% James A. Hill

Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31267(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±48
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,874 Votes: 1,716 Participation: 44.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31346(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±52
LIB
 1/2 1,144 66.67% +572 Loser:
PROG
 572 33.33% Robert M. Armstrong

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,628 Votes: 3,462 Participation: 74.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31467(F) — 27 Oct 2023 15:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±56
LIB
 1/3 1,510 43.62% +507 Loser:
PROG
 1,003 28.97% William A. Gardiner
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 ±56
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 5 years 12 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,475 Votes: 7,085 Participation: 83.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31522(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:41 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±61
LIB
 2/3 2,718 38.36% -550 Winner:
FLG
 3,268 46.13% Andrew J. Macauley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert J Gordon		 27 Oct 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Gordon, Robert James 1873 – 1961 (p. 13)		 27 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Oct 2023 21:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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