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 13 September 1879 Oxford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 1 June 1951 (aged 71) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| 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 House of Commons of Canada. 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 in 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]
| 1925 Canadian federal election: Wellington South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh Guthrie | 9,096 | 52.9 | 16.3 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Gladstone | 8,088 | 47.1 | 11.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,184 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election: Wellington South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Gladstone | 8,840 | 52.4 | 5.4 | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh Comym Guthrie | 5,854 | 34.7 | -18.3 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Charles Elgin Fulton | 1,578 | 9.4 | 9.4 | ||||
| Reconstruction | Frederick Neale | 592 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,864 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election: Wellington South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Gladstone | 8,115 | 46.9 | -5.5 | ||||
| Independent | Charles Leroy Austen | 5,073 | 29.3 | 29.3 | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh Comym Guthrie | 4,121 | 23.8 | -10.9 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,309 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election: Wellington South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Gladstone | 8,484 | 45.2 | -1.7 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Patrick McTague | 7,665 | 40.8 | 17.1 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Dunk | 2,355 | 12.6 | 12.6 | ||||
| Communist | James Oldham | 268 | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,772 | 100.0 | ||||||