Robert C. Kirkwood

Photo Credit: California Secretary of State (Blue Book)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1946	Republican	AD-28	21790	Win
11-02-1948	Republican	AD-28	42076	Win
11-07-1950	Republican	AD-28	41606	Win
11-04-1952	Republican	AD-28	68440	Win
01-06-1953	Republican	Controller	0	Win
11-02-1954	Republican	Controller	2111582	Win
11-04-1958	Republican	Controller	2521497	Lose

Candidate Biography:

Robert Carter Kirkwood
Born: August 30, 1909 in Mountain View, CA.
Occupation (1933-1939): Lawyer in San Francisco.
Married: Jean Hazard Gerlinder on August 30, 1933.
Children: Anne, Robert Jr., Jean, John
Died: May 5, 1964 in San Francisco, CA.

Previous: Member, Saratoga Elementary School Board
Previous: Member, Santa Clara County Planning Commission
1952: Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention
1959-1964: Utilities General Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

• In 1967, the Robert C. Kirkwood Powerhouse starts commercial operation. The Kirkwood plant is a hydroelectric powerplant located along the Hetch Hetchy waterway in Alpine County.

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