Thomas Robert Atkinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1854
Place of Birth: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death: 11-Dec-1921
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Thomas Robert Atkinson
- Thomas Robert Atkinson (August 24, 1854 – December 11, 1921) was a lawyer and politician in Ontario, Canada.
- He represented Norfolk North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1919 as a Liberal. The son of Thomas Atkinson and Mary Ballantine, he was born in Ancaster township and was educated in Simcoe, at Queen's University and at Osgoode Hall Law School.
- In 1879, he married Alice Steele.
- Atkinson served as mayor of Simcoe from 1895 to 1896.
- He ran unsuccessfully for the Norfolk South seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1900, losing to David Tisdale.
- Atkinson was defeated by Hugh Paterson Innes when he ran for reelection to the Ontario assembly in 1908, but he was reelected in 1911 and 1914.
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