Alexander Robertson (Canadian politician)

For other Canadian politicians of the same name, see Alexander Robertson (disambiguation).

Alexander Robertson
Member of Parliament for Hastings West
In office 1882–1888
Preceded by	James Brown
Succeeded by	Henry Corby, Jr.
Ontario MPP
In office 1879–1882
Preceded by	Thomas Wills
Succeeded by	Baltis Rose
Constituency	Hastings West
Personal details
Born	(1838-12-05)December 5, 1838 Trenton, Upper Canada
Died	February 29, 1888(1888-02-29) (aged 49) Ottawa, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Mary Georgina Stewart (m. 1870)

Alexander Robertson (December 5, 1838 – February 29, 1888) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Hastings West provincially in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1882 and Hastings West federally in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1888 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Trenton, Upper Canada, the son of William Robertson, a Scottish-born lumber merchant. He was educated in Belleville, went on to study law, was called to the bar in 1864 and set up practice in Belleville. Robertson served on the Belleville town council from 1864 to 1869 and was Belleville's mayor in 1870 and from 1878 to 1879. He served as a captain in the militia during the Fenian raids. He married Mary Georgina Stewart in 1870. In 1882, he resigned his seat in the provincial assembly to run for a seat in the House of Commons. Robertson was a prominent member of the Masonic order. He died in office in 1888.

Electoral history

1879 Ontario general election: Hastings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Robertson	1,402	56.60	+19.73
	Liberal	H. Holden	1,075	43.40	+11.91
Total valid votes			2,477	68.92	+2.99
Eligible voters			3,594
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.91
Source: Elections Ontario

External links

• Alexander Robertson – Parliament of Canada biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
• A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography being chiefly men of the time ..., GM Rose (1886)
• The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men ... (1880)