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Robert Trelford McKenzie (11 September 1917 – 12 October 1981) was a
Canadian
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professor of
politics
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and
sociology
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, and a
psephologist (one who does
statistical
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analysis of
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
s). He is perhaps best known in Britain as one of the main presenters of the
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's General Election programmes.
Early life
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the son of William Meldrum McKenzie and Frances (née) Chapman, he was educated at King Edward High School and the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...
from which he graduated with a BA.
[Who's Who 1974, London : A. & C. Black, 1974, p. 2091] He was a lecturer at the same university from 1937 to 1942.
In 1943, he joined the
Canadian Army
The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also respo ...
and a year later, with the rank of captain, was sent to London where he remained for the rest of his working life. Leaving the services three years later, McKenzie enrolled at the
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
to study for a doctorate. In 1949, he was given a sociology lectureship, and was promoted to professor in 1964.
Television
He was widely known in the
UK for his televised reports on
general election
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results as they were announced on the
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. He is popularly associated with the