Robert Baden Powell | |
Birth Date: | 24 May 1901 |
Birth Place: | Westport, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Plympton, Nova Scotia |
Office: | MLA for Digby |
Term Start: | 1963 |
Term End: | 1970 |
Predecessor: | Victor Cardoza |
Successor: | Joseph H. Casey |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation: | teacher |
Robert Baden Powell (May 24, 1901 – September 2, 1976) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Born in 1901 at Westport, Nova Scotia, Powell was a graduate of the Nova Scotia Teachers College.[2] He was an industrial arts teacher by career.[2] He married Rae Effie Hankinson in 1933.[2] Powell entered provincial politics in the 1963 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Victor Cardoza by 293 votes in the Digby District.[3] He was re-elected by 129 votes in the 1967 election.[4] He did not reoffer in the 1970 election.[1] Powell died at Plympton, Nova Scotia on September 2, 1976.[2]