Robert Jaffray Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Robert Jaffray
Office:Senator for Toronto, Ontario
Appointed:Wilfrid Laurier
Term Start:March 8, 1906
Term End:December 16, 1914
Birth Date:23 January 1832
Birth Place:Skeoch Farm near Bannockburn, Scotland
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Party:Liberal

Robert Jaffray (January 23, 1832  - December 16, 1914) was a Canadian grocer, publisher (The Globe), and politician. A Liberal, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 8 March 1906 on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He represented the senatorial division of Toronto, Ontario until his death. He is buried in Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

His son Robert A. Jaffray was a Christian missionary to China who was trained by A.B. Simpson.