Robert Cant | |
Constituency Mp: | Stoke-on-Trent Central |
Parliament: | UK |
Term Start: | 31 March 1966 |
Term End: | 8 June 1983 |
Predecessor: | Sir Barnett Stross |
Successor: | Mark Fisher |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1915 |
Birthname: | Robert Bowen Cant |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Labour |
Alma Mater: | London School of Economics |
Occupation: | Councillor, politician, university lecturer |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Army- Royal Corps of Signals |
Robert Bowen Cant (24 July 1915 - 13 July 1997) was a British Labour politician.
Cant was educated at Middlesbrough High School for Boys and the London School of Economics, and served with the Royal Corps of Signals. He became a university lecturer, and wrote American Journey, a study of American high schools.
Cant was elected a councillor on Stoke-on-Trent City Council in 1953.
He contested Shrewsbury in 1950 and 1951. He was Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 1966 to 1983, preceding Mark Fisher.