Robert Allan Pyne (October 29, 1853 – June 18, 1931) was an

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physician and political figure. He represented

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and then

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in the

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as a

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member from 1898 to 1918.

Background

He was born in Newmarket,

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, the son of Doctor Thomas Pyne. He studied at the

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and

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. Pyne served as secretary and treasurer for the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. He married Mary Isobel Macqueen. He practiced medicine in

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and also served on the Toronto school board and Board of Health. He served as assistant surgeon in the local militia.

Politics

Pyne was Minister of Education from 1905 to 1918. He resigned his seat in 1918 and was named clerk for York County. Pyne was also a governor of the University of Toronto. During the war he was put in charge of establishing the Ontario Military Hospital at Orpington, Kent,

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, at which time he was made a lieutenant-colonel in the

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. During his lengthy absence G. Howard Ferguson served as Acting Minister of Education.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pyne, Robert Allan 1853 births 1931 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs University of Toronto alumni Members of the Executive Council of Ontario