Robert Gladstone

Robert Gladstone
Member of Parliament
for Wellington South
In office
October 1935  April 1949
Preceded by Hugh Guthrie
Succeeded by Henry Alfred Hosking
Personal details
Born Robert William Gladstone
(1879-09-13)13 September 1879
Oxford, Ontario
Died 1 June 1951(1951-06-01) (aged 71)
Ottawa, Ontario
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Lyons
m. 10 January 1912[1]
Profession manager, manufacturer, teacher

Robert William Gladstone (13 September 1879 1 June 1951) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Oxford, Ontario and became a manager, manufacturer and teacher by career.

After an unsuccessful attempt to win Wellington South in the 1925 federal election, he was elected to Parliament there in the 1935 election. He was re-elected in 1940 and 1945. He was appointed to the Senate on September 1949 thus leaving the House of Commons. He remained in the Senate until his death at Ottawa Civic Hospital on 1 June 1951 due to a heart condition. He was survived by his wife and a son.[2]

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ConservativeHugh GUTHRIE 9,096 52.9 16.3
LiberalRobert William GLADSTONE 8,088 47.1 11.1
Total valid votes 17,184100.0
Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRobert William GLADSTONE 8,840 52.4 5.4
ConservativeHugh GUTHRIE 5,854 34.7 -18.3
Co-operative CommonwealthCharles Elgin FULTON 1,578 9.4 9.4
ReconstructionFrederick NEALE 592 3.5 3.5
Total valid votes 16,864100.0
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRobert William GLADSTONE 8,115 46.9 -5.5
IndependentCharles Leroy AUSTEN 5,073 29.3 29.3
ConservativeHugh GUTHRIE 4,121 23.8 -10.9
Total valid votes 17,309100.0
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRobert William GLADSTONE 8,484 45.2 -1.7
Progressive ConservativeCharles Patrick MCTAGUE 7,665 40.8 17.1
Co-operative CommonwealthHarold DUNK 2,355 12.6 12.6
CommunistJames OLDHAM 268 1.4 1.4
Total valid votes 18,772100.0

References

  1. Normandin, G. Pierre (1947). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. The Canadian Press (2 June 1951). "Robert W. Gladstone / Guelph Senator Was Ex-Member Of Parliament". The Globe and Mail. p. 11.

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