Sidney Cecil Robinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Sidney Cecil Robinson
- Sidney Cecil Robinson (12 January 1870 – 30 April 1943) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was born in Toronto, Ontario and became a business executive, industrialist and manager.
- In 1905, he was also a municipal councillor for Walkerville, Ontario. Robinson attended the Windsor Collegiate Institute then Detroit Business University.
- He served in the military with the 21st Essex Fusiliers, including service in World War I.
- He recruited for the 99th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
- He attained a rank of colonel.He was first elected to Parliament at the Essex West riding in the 1925 general election after a previous unsuccessful campaign at Essex North in a 1 March 1923 by-election.
- Robinson was re-elected in 1926 and 1930.
- He was defeated by Norman Alexander McLarty of the Liberal party in the 1935 federal election.
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