Frederick Robertson (politician)
Frederick Robertson | |
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Member of Parliament for Northumberland | |
In office June 1949 – June 1957 | |
Preceded by | Earle Drope |
Succeeded by | Ben Thompson |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederick Greystock Robertson 7 March 1909 Belleville, Ontario |
Died | 17 September 2002 Cobourg, Ontario | (aged 93)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Margaret R. Aitkins (m. 20 October 1936)[1] |
Children | Anne Robertson, Ian Robertson, Rick Robertson |
Profession | physician |
Frederick Greystock Robertson (7 March 1909 – 17 September 2002) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
Robertson was born in Belleville, Ontario and became a physician after receiving his MD degree at the University of Toronto. After working as a doctor in Cobourg, Ontario, he left his practice in July 1948 to work in the canning industry, eventually owning and managing the Cobourg-based Robertson Packers.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Northumberland riding in the 1949 general election and was re-elected for a second term in 1953. Robertson was defeated by Ben Thompson of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election.
Robertson's father, , was a Liberal member of the Ontario Legislature between 1926 and 1929.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c Normandin, Pierre G. (1954). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- ^ "Frederick Robertson". Hansard. Parliament of Canada. 23 October 2002. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
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- 1909 births
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- Physicians from Ontario
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- Politicians from Belleville, Ontario
- Liberal Party of Canada, Ontario MP stubs