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	Dufferin Roblin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roblin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was educated at the University of Manitoba and the University of Chicago.
		Roblin was a part of the latter group, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 1949 as an "Independent Progressive Conservative" opposing the coalition.
		Roblin retired from the Senate on June 17, 1992, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dufferin_Roblin (929 words)

	Rodmond Palen Roblin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roblin was born in the town of Sophiasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Canada West (later Ontario).
		Roblin served as reeve of Dufferin for five years and as warden for two, and was also a school trustee in the community.
		Roblin played a crucial role in the 1911 federal election on reciprocity, by putting his electoral machine at the disposal of the federal Conservative Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rodmond_P._Roblin (1237 words)

	Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rodmond P. Roblin was the dominant Conservative MLA between 1890 and 1892, but he does not seem to have been recognized as an official leader.
		Roblin was forced to resign as Premier, and James Aikins led the party to a disastrous loss later in the year.
		In 1958, Roblin's Tories ran and were elected to a minority government on a progressive platform of increased education grants, crop insurance, extension of hydro to the north, and road construction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba (1595 words)

	Dufferin Roblin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roblin was a part of the latter group, and was elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1949 as an Independent Progressive Conservative opposing the coalition.
		Roblin resigned in 1967 to run for the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservative Party.
		Following Brian Mulroney's landslide victory in 1984, Roblin was appointed Leader of the Government in the Senate, and served in Mulroney's cabinet until June 29, 1986.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Dufferin_Roblin (891 words)

	Rodmond P. Roblin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Roblin was born in the town of Sophiasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Canada West.
		Roblin played a crucial role in the 1911 federal election on reciprocity by putting his electoral machine at the disposal of the federal Tories, helping to defeat Sir Wilfrid Laurier and put Robert Borden in power.
		Roblin's goverment was weakened by a scandal involving the construction of a new legislative building (the accusations concerned misappropriation of funds and overspending).
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/rodmond_p__roblin (1154 words)

	Rodmond P Roblin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937) was a businessman and Manitoba politician.
		Roblin clashed with the government over its failure to build a promised railway to Hudson's Bay and over the government's repudiation of a pledge to the French-Canadian Catholic minority to protect language and educational rights.
		In 1915, Roblin's government was defeated due to a scandal involving the construction of a new building to house the legislature and alleged misappropriation of funds and overspending.
	www.wikiverse.org /rodmond-p-roblin (461 words)

	Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba - Freepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rodmond P. Roblin was the dominant Conservative MLA between 1890 and 1892, but he does not seem to have been the official party leader during this period.
		After Roblin's defeat in the election of 1892, William Alexander Macdonald became the leader of the opposition; in 1893, his election for Brandon City was declared void, and he lost the subsequent by-election.
		Roblin's government was progressively oriented and negotiated the extension of the railway, bought Manitoba's Bell telephone operations in order to establish a government run telephone system, introduced corporate taxation and created a public utilities commission while running a budgetary surplus.
	en.freepedia.org /Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba.html (1260 words)

	Dufferin Roblin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Roblin was born in (Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba; located in southern Manitoba; known for severe winters) Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was educated at the (additional info and facts about University of Manitoba) University of Manitoba and the (A university in Chicago, Illinois) University of Chicago.
		Roblin himself was elected for the new single-member constituency of (additional info and facts about Wolseley) Wolseley, located in the centre of Winnipeg.
		Roblin resigned in 1967 to run for the leadership of the federal (additional info and facts about Progressive Conservative Party) Progressive Conservative Party at its (additional info and facts about 1967 leadership convention) 1967 leadership convention.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Du/Dufferin_Roblin.htm (1076 words)

	Tobias Crawford Norris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conservative Premier Rodmond P. Roblin called an election soon after Norris's selection as leader, and the Conservatives won 28 of 41 seats in the resulting campaign.
		He ran a stronger campaign in the 1914 election, though Roblin's Conservatives still won 28 of 48 seats in an expanded legislature.
		Roblin's government was forced to resign amid a corruption scandal in early 1915, and Norris was called to serve as premier in his place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tobias_C._Norris (823 words)

	Sir Rodmond Roblin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rodmond Palen Roblin was a colourful and dominant figure in Manitoba politics for thirty years and, as premier from 1900 to 1915, he played a substantial role in shaping the political and economic future of the province.
		Rodmond Roblin himself was strongly opposed to women's suffrage, and there was a very public feud between himself and the suffragist leader Nellie McClung.
		In 1915, Roblin was forced to resign over the Legislature Scandal, and although the subsequent Royal Commission found no fault with him, he retired with a mixed legacy, remembered both for his corrupt political "machine" and for presiding over a period of dramatic growth in public institutions.
	timelinks.merlin.mb.ca /referenc/db0009.htm (590 words)

	ipedia.com: Rodmond P. Roblin Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin was a businessman and Manitoba politician.
		Roblin was a supporter of Greenway, and was re-elected by acclamation when the new Premier called another provincial election for July.
		Roblin's government was weakened by a scandal involving the construction of a new legislative building (the accusations concerned misappropriation of funds and overspending).
	www.ipedia.com /rodmond_p__roblin.html (1150 words)

	Dufferin Roblin - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dufferin Roblin (born 1917) is a Canadian businessman and politician.
		Roblin's government also improved postsecondary education and promoted urban development by consolidating the municipalities in the Winnipeg area into a single metorpolitan entity.
		Roblin was appointed to the Senate in 1978, and served as government house leader in the Senate from 1984 to 1986 which also gave him a seat at the Mulroney cabinet.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/Duff_Roblin (207 words)

	Manitoba Liberal Party - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		When the Tories under Rodmond P. Roblin resigned amid scandal in 1915, he became the province's Premier, retaining the position until 1922.
		The Liberal-Progressives were swept out of office in 1958 by the Progressive Conservatives under Dufferin Roblin.
		The Liberal Party subsequently declined as politics in the province became polarized between the Tories and the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /manitoba_liberal_party.htm (1738 words)

	Manitoba Pageant: My Dear Campbell
		As Roblin indicated in his next letter of October 6, 1913, the gravity of the situation was increased by the fact that Colin H. Campbell was generally regarded as the second in command to the Premier.
		Roblin to Campbell, September 25, 1913, Colin H. Campbell papers, Correspondence May-September 1913, P.A.M. John T. Haig was a prominent Winnipeg Conservative and, evidently, a close friend of Colin Campbell.
		Roblin was attempting to strengthen Reid’s position although the phrase “fix Reid permanently” is somewhat ambiguous.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/pageant/19/mydearcampbell.shtml (4390 words)

	Sir Rodmond P. Roblin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Text from the Sir Rodmond P. Roblin Plaque
		A native of Prince Edward County, Roblin moved to Winnipeg at the age of twenty-four and entered provincial politics.
		During his influential years as premier of Manitoba (1900-1915), he ardently promoted western grain trade and railway expansion, and made a significant contribution to that province's economic and social development.
	www.ontarioplaques.com /PlaqueText/Prince12a.html (73 words)

	Winnipeg 411 - History & Facts - World War I and the 20s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sir Rodmond P. Roblin, the premier, resisted the change with his usual confidence.
		Roblin won the next election, but was forced to resign after a building scandal involving the new Legislature.
		On January 28, 1916, after the Conservative Roblin had resigned and the Liberals had taken power, women in Manitoba became the first in Canada with the right to vote and hold office.
	www.winnipeg411.com /history/indepth/wwi (992 words)

	An Ancestor Table for the Hon. Duff Roblin, Premier of Manitoba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Loyalist lines of the Roblins can in a few cases be readily extended back to the Colonial periods of Massachusetts or New York, bringing in some well-known families with interesting connections, whereas other lines are more elusive and are not treated in any secondary literature which has come to hand.
		In 1881 Roblin, then called a merchant, is found at Dufferin, Manitoba, with his wife and their eldest child, Wilfrid.
		It is unclear whether the name of Philip Roblin of the township of Adolphustown [now in Lennox and Addington County] which appears in a sort of census made in late 1796 relates to the present man, or is a posthumous reference to his father.
	cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca /people/dobson/manitobiana/issues/001.cfm (11392 words)

	james aikins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1911, Aikins was elected as a Conservative to the Canadian House of Commons, for the riding of Brandon.
		The provincial Conservative government of Rodmond P. Roblin was forced to resign amid scandal in May 1915.
		Aikins resigned his seat to become provincial leader for the election which followed.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /james_aikins.html (338 words)

	MHS Transactions: Edmund A. Partridge
		Sir Rodmond Roblin, the Premier of Manitoba, knew that the Manitoba border lay east of Sintaluta.
		Farmers deluged Premier Roblin with a steady stream of wires, letters and phone calls demanding that the Grain Exchange be forced to restore trading privileges to the company.
		Premier R. Roblin of Manitoba met with Premiers Walter Scott of Saskatchewan and A. Rutherford of Alberta.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/transactions/3/partridge.shtml (4771 words)

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		Nash visit a basement factory with Rodmond Roblin, the Premier of Manitoba, in an effort to convince him to do something about poor working conditions for women in Winnipeg.
		Sir Rodmond turned and stumbled on for a short distance in the semi-darkness.
		The stench that came out with her was so rank and sickening that Nellie thought the fresh manure sprinkled on farm fields in the spring smelled like lilacs in comparison.
	www3.sympatico.ca /conniecrook/Nelliesvictory.html (713 words)

	essay term paper, termpaper thesis
		When faced with the proposition of female suffrage in the first decades of the twentieth century, most male politicians claimed that they respected women, yet the political spectrum was too harsh and corrupt for them.
		Premier Rodmond Roblin of Manitoba proved to be a particularly resistant force on the question of female suffrage.
		The climax arrived when Nellie took the stage as Premier Roblin and made a mockery of the speech he gave the previous day in the Manitoba legislature.
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	Hugh Ross - Cookie Nest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thirty-five years in the limelight;: Sir Rodmond P. Roblin and his times,
		Thirty-five years in the limelight;: Sir Rodmond P. Roblin and his times, Reviews
		The modern mass: a reversion to the reforms of Cranmer
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	Buchanan, Watson and Related Families - pafn244 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Davidson undertook a thorough overhaul of the finances of the province, and within the first year of his administration retired the deficit that had been built up by the Liberals under Premier Thomas Greenway.
		P.S. a Deb Rychlak has a tree posted at Ancestry.com with Robert, wife Maria and child Enid Rachel.
		She has Robert's parents & 12 siblings, but other than Robert's birthdate, which matches the one from the census, and that he was born at Lanark, Scotland, no other dates or info for him and his descendants.
	bill_buchanan.tripod.com /buchanan/pafn244.htm (4143 words)

	Ryeland Family Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin, K.C.M.G., of Carman and Winnipeg, Premier of Manitoba (1900-1915),
		Rodmond Roblin himself was strongly opposed to women's suffrage, and
		Marriage Notes for RODMOND ROBLIN and ETHEL LEGGETT:
	www.ryeland.com /tim/tree/ps17/ps17_181.htm (527 words)

	Webshots Community - Guestbook for Autumn 2001 Black Creek Pioneer Village (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I was delighted to find your photograph of "Roblin's Mill".
		My family name is Roblin, and live next door to the "Roblin Homestead" where my relative, Sir Rodmond P. Roblin was born.
		I also have enjoyed touring the mill at Black Creek Pioneer Village.
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