Robert Gardiner (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
About Robert Gardiner (politician)
- Robert Gardiner (February 24, 1879 – February 6, 1945) was a farmer and federal Member of Parliament from Canada.
- He was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Gardiner first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada for the Progressive Party of Canada in a by-election on June 27, 1921.
- He won the district of Medicine Hat in a landslide defeating former provincial Conservative MLA and Mayor of Medicine Hat Nelson Spencer.
- Gardiner defended his incumbency less than 6 months later in the 1921 Canadian federal election.
- He was easily re-elected in the cold winter election, defeating by a landslide the future Member of Parliament Frederick William Gershaw a candidate from the Liberals. The 1925 Canadian federal election saw the ridings in Alberta redistributed, Gardiner changed to the brand new Acadia district.
- In his 3rd bid for election he would go up against former Liberal MLA Robert Eaton.
- He would defeat Eaton in another landslide victory.
- Less than a year later another election would be called after the collapse of the Liberal Progressive coalition, Gardiner would run for a 4th term in office and for the 4th time in just 5 years.
- He easily won his district again in the 1926 Canadian federal election this time under the banner of the United Farmers of Alberta.
- Gardiner would be acclaimed to his 5th term in the 1930 Canadian federal election and also served as president of the UFA.
- Upon running for his 6th term in office, this time under the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation banner, he would be defeated by Victor Quelch from the Social Credit Party of Canada in the 1935 Canadian federal election.
- He died in Calgary in 1945.Gardiner was a member of the Ginger Group of radical MPs in the 1920s and early 1930s.
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