Robert Rosehart
Canadian engineer (born 1943)
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Robert George Rosehart (born 29 June 1943) is a Canadian chemical engineer and university executive.
Born29 June 1943
EducationUniversity of Waterloo (BASc '67, MASc '68, PhD '70)
Spouse
Rita June Purvis
(m. 1967)Robert Rosehart | |
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| Born | 29 June 1943 |
| Education | University of Waterloo (BASc '67, MASc '68, PhD '70) |
| Spouse |
Rita June Purvis (m. 1967) |
Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, he received a B.A.Sc. degree in 1966, a M.A.Sc. in 1968, and a Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Waterloo.
In 1987, he became the President of Lakehead University and in 1999 he became President of Wilfrid Laurier University. Rosehart served as interim principal of Renison University College from 2008-2009[1] and was later made an Honorary Senior Fellow of the college in 2012.[2]
Rosehart ran in the 2011 federal election for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Kitchener-Conestoga, and lost to incumbent Harold Albrecht.
Electoral record
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Harold Albrecht | 28,902 | 54.12 | +4.80 | $87,677.43 | |||
| New Democratic | Lorne Bruce | 11,665 | 21.84 | +6.81 | $9,277.86 | |||
| Liberal | Robert Rosehart | 10,653 | 19.95 | -4.94 | – | |||
| Green | Albert Ashley | 2,184 | 4.09 | -6.65 | – | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.80 | ||||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,404 | 100.00 | $92,867.94 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 171 | 0.32 | 0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,575 | 61.10 | +4.58 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,689 | – | – | |||||
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