| Robert Duff | |
| Birth Name: | Robert Duff |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Carbonear, Newfoundland |
| Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
| Occupation: | Merchant, politician |
| Children: | 4 |
| Father: | William Duff Sr. |
| Party: | Liberal-Progressive |
| Office: | Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Carbonear |
| Term Start: | 1924 |
| Term End: | 1928 |
| Predecessor: | James Moore |
| Successor: | James Moore |
Robert Duff (July 21, 1868 – October 11, 1928) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Carbonear in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1924 to 1928.[1]
Born in Carbonear on July 21, 1868, Duff became a prominent business owner in the area.[2] Duff was president of William Duff & Sons Ltd., the Public Service Electric Co., the Harbour Grace Marine Railway Dock Co. and the Conception Bay Mutual Marine Co. He was also a director of the Newfoundland Savings Bank.[1]
Duff was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1924 as a Liberal-Progressive. In 1926, he transferred his support to the government of Walter Stanley Monroe and was made a minister without portfolio in the cabinet.[1]
He married Louisa C. Penney in 1896 and they had four children.[2] [3]
He died in Montreal on October 11, 1928.[4]