Robert Rogers (Manitoba politician)
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The Hon. Robert Rogers |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Winnipeg |
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In office 1911–1917 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Haggart |
| Succeeded by | District was abolished in 1914 |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Winnipeg South |
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In office 1925–1926 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Hudson |
| Succeeded by | John Stewart McDiarmid |
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In office 1930–1935 |
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| Preceded by | John Stewart McDiarmid |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Mutch |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Manitou | |
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In office 1899–1911 |
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March 2, 1864 Lakefield, Canada East |
| Died | July 21, 1936 (aged 72) |
| Political party | Conservative |
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Provincial: Minister Without Portfolio (1900) Minister of Public Works (1900–1911) Federal: Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1911–1912) Minister of the Interior (1911–1912) Minister of Mines (1912) Minister of Public Works (1912–1917) |
Robert Rogers, PC (March 2, 1864 – July 21, 1936) was a Canadian merchant and politician. He served as a cabinet minister at the federal and provincial levels.
Rogers was born in Lakefield, Canada East (now Quebec), the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Rogers. He was educated in Lachute, Berthier and Montreal, and later moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to become director of the Monarch Life Assurance Company. In religion, he was a member of the Church of England.
He contested Lisgar in the 1896 federal election as a candidate of the federal Conservative Party, and lost to Liberal Robert Lorne Richardson by fifty-four votes.
Rogers was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1899 provincial election as a Conservative candidate, defeating Liberal candidate J.L. Brown by twenty-eight votes in Manitou. The Conservatives won this election, and Rogers sat in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Hugh John Macdonald's administration. When Rodmond Roblin succeeded Macdonald as premier on October 29, 1900, he appointed Rogers as a minister without portfolio.
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