Edward Robinson (born 1828 - January 3, 1888) was an
Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented
Kent West in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
as a
Liberal member from 1879 to 1883.
He was born in
County Roscommon
"Steadfast Irish heart"
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,
Ireland in 1829 and educated at
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Australia
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in
Dublin. He came to
Toronto in 1854 as head of the mathematics department of the Toronto Grammar School. Robinson later articled in law, was admitted as an attorney in 1863 and became a partner of
Walter McCrea at
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
. In 1864, he married Charlotte Miller.
Electoral history
References
External links
''The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1881'' CH Mackintosh
*
1820s births
1888 deaths
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Irish emigrants to Canada
Politicians from County Roscommon
19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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