Alexander Robertson (Canadian politician) explained

Alexander Robertson
Riding1:Hastings West
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:1882
Term End1:1888
Predecessor1:James Brown
Successor1:Henry Corby, Jr.
Office2:Ontario MPP
Term Start2:1879
Term End2:1882
Predecessor2:Thomas Wills
Successor2:Baltis Rose
Constituency2:Hastings West
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:5 December 1838
Birth Place:Trenton, Upper Canada
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario

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.

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