Robert Henry Halbert Explained

Robert Henry Halbert (October 31, 1870 – October 11, 1943) was a Canadian agrarian activist and politician. He was president of the United Farmers of Ontario from 1915 to 1918[1] and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a 1919 by-election as an independent candidate in Ontario North. He was re-elected in the 1921 federal election as a United Farmers of Ontario MP and subsequently joined the caucus of the Progressive Party of Canada. He was defeated in the 1925 federal election in Muskoka—Ontario.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=4mKyfTLPKe0C&dq=halbert+%22united+farmers%22&pg=PA186 The Challenge of Agriculture: The Story of the United Farmers of Ontario - Melville H. Staples - Google Books