Robin Austin

Robin Austin
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Skeena
In office May 17, 2005 – May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Roger Harris
Personal details
Born	April 9, 1958
Political party	New Democrat
Residence	Terrace, British Columbia
Occupation	Social worker

Robin Austin, is the former New Democratic Party MLA for Skeena in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Austin was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election. Austin was re-elected in the 2009 election. He declined to seek re-election in 2017.

Austin was born in London, England on April 9, 1958, but at the age of six weeks he returned with his family to Ghana, West Africa, where he remained until he was ten years old. At age ten he was sent to a British boarding school, because his father, who worked for an international company in the resource industry, moved the family frequently, and they wanted him to have some stability in his schooling.

After graduating, he attended Strathclyde University in Scotland where he received his Bachelor of Arts with a specialization in hotel management. His first job out of university was at a hotel on Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands. It was there that Austin met his wife Colleen, who was from Victoria, British Columbia. It wasn't long before they fell in love and moved to Toronto, where Austin worked for The Four Seasons, Hilton, and Renaissance Hotels.

After several years in Toronto, Colleen began to miss the West Coast, so they decided to return to British Columbia, and make a life in Victoria. It was here that their son, Graeme, was born. While living in Victoria, Robin opened Camille's Restaurant at 49 Bastion Square, which remains a popular choice for fine dining to this day.

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