John Alexander Robertson, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Alexander Robertson
- John Alexander (Pete) Robertson (October 6, 1913 – February 19, 1965) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Senate of Canada. Robertson was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta and worked as a grocery store manager in the 1930s.
- During World War II, he served in the Canadian Army as a member of the Canadian Provost Corps as a corporal and then acting sergeant.He was a freight train conductor for the Canadian Pacific Railway at the time of his surprise appointment by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to the Senate in 1962.
- He was told of his appointment while in a caboose at Ignace, Ontario.
- Earlier he had been the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Kenora—Rainy River in the 1958 federal election, but was defeated by 217 votes.
- He also ran for the Ontario legislature in a 1961 by-election in the riding of Kenora, but was again defeated.He died of a heart attack at the age of 51 while in office.
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