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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 himself was elected for the new single-member constituency of Wolseley, located in the centre of Winnipeg.
	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_Palen_Roblin (1237 words)

	Rodmond Palen Roblin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin, KBE (February 15, 1853-February 16, 1937) was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada.
		Roblin was born in the town of Sophiasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Canada West.
		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.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Rodmond-Palen-Roblin.htm (1177 words)

	Rodmond P. Roblin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937) was a businessman and Manitoba politician.
		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)

	Roblin, Dufferin
		Roblin, Dufferin, businessman, politician, premier of Manitoba 1958-67 (b at Winnipeg 17 June 1917).
		In Sept 1984 Roblin was appointed to the MULRONEY Cabinet as government house leader in the Senate.
		Roblin is significant as an exponent of classic conservatism, in the John A. tradition, advocating an active government role in social reform.
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	Sir Rodmond Roblin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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)

	New Winnipeg : Background information - Duff Roblin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
		In 1974, Roblin ran for the House of Commons in the Ontario riding of Peterborough.
		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.newwinnipeg.com /news/info/duff-roblin.htm (825 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 was attempting to strengthen Reid’s position although the phrase “fix Reid permanently” is somewhat ambiguous.
		Roblin to Campbell, April 21, 1914, Colin H. Campbell Papers, Correspondence 1914, P.A.M. Sir William Whyte was vice-president of the CPR when he retired in 1911.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/pageant/19/mydearcampbell.shtml (4390 words)

	Parks - Popular Parks
		P.C., C.C., LL.D. Duff Roblin was born in Winnipeg in 1917, the grandson of Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin, Conservative Premier of Manitoba, 1900-1915.
		Educated at the universities of Manitoba and Chicago, Roblin served overseas with the Royal Canadian Airforce, retiring in 1946 as Wing Commander.
		Roblin became Leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party in 1954 and Premier of Manitoba in 1958, after defeating Campbell in a provincial election.
	www.gov.mb.ca /conservation/parks/popular_parks/duff_roblin/info.html (916 words)

	Women win the vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The meeting turned into a verbal tussle: while Roblin claimed that the right to vote would breakup families and leave the raising of children to servants, McClung suggested that Roblin represented a corrupt political order that time was passing by.
		Roblin went on to beat the Liberals in that year's closely fought provincial election.
		Roblin had been driven from government in disgrace, forced to resign in the face of allegations of kickbacks and corruption surrounding the construction of the Manitoba legislative building.
	manitobia.ca /cocoon/launch/en/themes/wwv/1 (845 words)

	The world's top dufferin roblin websites
		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 Leader of the Government in the Senate from 1984 to 1986 which also gave him a seat at the Mulroney cabinet.
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	Roblin, Sir Rodmond Palen
		Premier of Manitoba (born on February 15, 1853, at Sophiasburg, Canada West [Ont.]; died on February 16, 1937, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. Rodmond Roblin came to Manitoba as a young man, and entered business and politics in Winnipeg.
		He was elected to the legislature as an independent Conservative in 1888 and the next year was chosen to lead the party.
		Though Roblin was not implicated, members of his party were.
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	The Brandon Sun: Online Edition
		With that, Doer’s puts himself in the same echelon as Rodmond Roblin (1900-1915), John Bracken (1922-1943) and Duff Roblin (1958-1967).
		Rodmond Roblin, a Tory, was probably the first great premier of this province.
		He created the country’s first public telephone system, re-built the Brandon Mental Health Centre after the original version was destroyed by fire in 1910 and constructed the city courthouse in 1911.
	www.brandonsun.com /story.php?story_id=8558 (714 words)

	Nellie McClung
		She led Manitoba Premier Rodmond Roblin through the city's sweatshops to demonstrate the appalling working conditions many women faced.
		When Roblin suggested "nice" women did not want the vote, Nellie McClung retorted: "By nice women...you probably mean selfish women who have no more thought for the underprivileged, overworked women than a pussycat in a sunny window for the starving kitten in the street.
		Premier Roblin strongly opposed giving women the right to vote, and in 1914 Nellie McClung and her fellow reformers wanted to defeat him.
	www.mta.ca /faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/famous_women/nellie_mcclung.html (798 words)

	Winnipeg 411 - History & Facts - World War I and the 20s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the satire, she argued that men in politics would cause broken homes, which was similar to some of Roblin's arguments.
		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)

	Legislature Scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One of the legacies of the government of Rodmond Roblin, premier from 1901 to 1915 was a series of public works, including from roads and public buildings, that transformed the face of the province.
		When Roblin refused to call a Royal Commission of Enquiry, the Liberals petitioned the Lieutenant Governor, who, in a very rare exercise of vice-regal authority, granted the Enquiry.
		In the end, criminal charges against Roblin were dropped on the grounds that he was in ill-health.
	timelinks.merlin.mb.ca /referenc/db0011.htm (473 words)

	Women's Fight For Rights
		As a result of the ideas of society many women were opposed in their fight for rights by men, and women, for various reasons.
		Roblin believed that “ Homes will be ruined by votes for women” (pg 51, Nellie McClung and Womens Rights).
		Mimicking Roblins speech to the women, McClung told the men: “The trouble is that if men start to vote, they will vote too much.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5723 (2238 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)

	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.
		The nation-wide farm declaration in favour of reciprocity and the five hundred-farmer delegation in Ottawa in December, 1910, pressing the same cause, clearly influenced the Prime Minister in his Washington negotiations for a limited reciprocity with the United States.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/transactions/3/partridge.shtml (4771 words)

	LUPEC > The Women > 10 06 02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		McClung enjoyed a long and often bitter rivalry with Manitoba's premier, Sir Rodmond Roblin, having encountered him early in her political career when she and an accomplice tricked him into a tour of some of Winnipeg's dirtiest sweat shops, forcing him to come face to face with the reality of women's labour.
		McClung loved to imitate the premier's self-important manner, and fittingly had the privilege of playing Roblin in the Women's Parliament in 1914.
		She was elected to the Alberta Legislature as an opposition Liberal in 1921, was the first woman on the CBC Board of Governors, a representative to the League of Nations, a Sunday school teacher, and a mother of five.
	www.jilly.org /lupec/women.html (706 words)

	Discover Manitoba : Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Construction of the building was a slow process.
		The war slowed things down, and there were difficulties in 1915 when Premier Sir Rodmond Roblin's government faced a scandal involving the misappropriation of funds linked to the construction.
		The contractors fled to the United States to avoid fraud changes.
	www.wtc.mb.ca /mp/2005/frezer/web/discover_manitoba/manitoba/government.htm (179 words)

	Macleans.ca \| Top Stories \| History \| Big West country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		At the heart of that vision was responsible democratic government, constitutional equality for the West with the older provinces of Canada, and unification of the West into one big province strong enough to counterbalance the weight of Quebec or Ontario.
		Haultain argued this last point most vigorously in a famous debate with Manitoba Premier Rodmond Roblin at Indian Head, Sask., on Dec. 18, 1901.
		At the time, the federal government was playing one sectional interest off against another, thereby weakening the West's capacity to bargain for better terms and conditions of provincehood.
	www.macleans.ca /topstories/history/article.jsp?content=20050701_108639_108639 (2198 words)

	Unveiling of the Women are Persons! Monument
		In those days, the idea that "ladies" could not be persons was a strong current, not even undercurrent, of the society.
		The dissonance between acceptable social roles for women and the feminists' push for social reform is a theme running through many exchanges between Nellie McClung and Sir Rodmond Roblin, then Premier of Manitoba.
		Once, when the exasperated Premier, in an attempt to silence Nellie, argued that "nice" women weren't interested in voting, she made this reply.
	www.gg.ca /media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=1194 (569 words)

	Winnipeg 411 - History & Facts - The 50s, 60s, & 70s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The middle of the decade saw the arrival of television and the building of the Winnipeg stadium.
		The city soon fell under the leadership of Steve Juba (from 1956-77) while the province was led by Duff Roblin, beginning in 1958.
		Duff Roblin, the grandson of Sir Rodmond Roblin, was the target of ridicule for his plan for a 40-km flood channel around the city.
	www.winnipeg411.com /history/indepth/50s60s (431 words)

	Untitled Document
		Nellie's instinctive strategy was to use the gentle prod of humour to illustrate how wrong-headed it was to presume that women were unfit for the hurly-burley of politics and legislative participation.
		In her book, The Stream Runs Fast, Nellie writes about the now-famous “Women's Parliament” where she played the part of Premier Rodmond Roblin.
		She continued, “Many of the people in our audience (for the mock parliament on January 28) had been at the delegation the day before, and those who were not had read Sir Rodman's speech which was reported at length in the government newspaper.
	www.famous5.org /frames/frame_education_issues.htm (1879 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Nellie enjoyed a long, bitter rivalry with Manitoba's premier, Sir Rodmond Roblin, having encountered him in her early political career when she had tricked him into a tour of Winnipeg's dirtiest sweat shops, forcing him to come face to face with the reality of women's labour.
		Nellie loved to imitate the premier's self-important manner, and fittingly had the privilege of playing Roblin in the Women's Parliament in 1914.
		Nellie did not stay in Manitoba long enough to see women win the vote, but moved to Alberta with her family.
	www.k12.nf.ca /stmarks/grassroots/2001-02/biographies/social/mcclung.htm (372 words)

	City of Winnipeg - UD : Community Services Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		For example, in January 1914 she held a “Mock Parliament of Women” at the Walker Theatre.
		She played the Premier, Sir Rodmond Roblin, while other members of the Political Equality League portrayed other members of the Legislature.
		This event in and of itself created momentum on the issue of female suffrage.
	www.winnipeg.ca /cms/ape/hall_fame/mcclung.stm (343 words)

	Grain Exchange Building III
		To capitalize on the potential trade of prairie wheat to market, several local businessmen organized the Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange in 1887.
		Executives such as Daniel McMillan, Nicholas Bawlf, George Galt and Rodmond Roblin initially oversaw the operation of an open cash market for wheat.
		The Canadian Pacific Railway was in place to move wheat to market, and production was growing as more homesteaders adapted to the rich prairie soil.
	www.virtual.heritagewinnipeg.com /vignettes/vignettes_038.htm (141 words)

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