Clifford William Robinson
Politician
1866 – 1944
Who was Clifford William Robinson?
Clifford William Robinson was a New Brunswick lawyer, businessman and politician, the 12th Premier of New Brunswick.
He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and was educated in Point de Bute, Saint John and Moncton before attending Mount Allison University. Robinson worked as a bookkeeper from 1886 to 1889 before studying law. He was called to the bar in 1892 and set up practice in Moncton. In 1897 he became both mayor of Moncton and a member of the provincial House of Assembly as a Liberal. He served as Speaker and Provincial Secretary before becoming Premier in 1907. The Liberals had been in power since 1883, however, and voters opted for a change in the 1908 election which brought the Conservatives to power. Robinson continued in the legislature as an opposition MLA.
When the Liberals returned to power in 1917, Robinson became minister without portfolio and then Minister of Lands and Mines in the governments of Walter E. Foster and Peter J. Veniot until 1924 when he was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Robinson was the main shareholder and, for a time, president for the Moncton Transcript.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1866
Moncton - Religion
- United Church of Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Mount Allison University
- Died
- Jul 27, 1944
Montreal
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on July 23, 2013
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