Robert Gardiner

Who was Robert Gardiner?

Robert Gardiner was a farmer and federal Member of Parliament from Canada.

Gardiner first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons for the Progressive Party of Canada in a by-election on June 27, 1921. He won the district of Medicine Hat in a landslide defeating former provincial Conservative MLA and Mayor of Medicine Hat Nelson Spencer. Gardiner would defend his incumbency less than 6 months later in the 1921 Canadian federal election. He would be easily re-elected in the cold winter election defeating future Member of Parliament Frederick William Gershaw a candidate from the Liberals in a landslide.

The 1925 Canadian federal election saw the ridings in Alberta redistributed, Gardiner changed to the brand new Acadia district. In his 3rd bid for election he would go up against former Liberal MLA Robert Eaton. He would defeat Eaton in another landslide victory. Less than a year later another election would be called after the collapse of the Liberal Progressive coalition, Gardiner would run for a 4th term in office and for the 4th time in just 5 years.