David Robertson (July 9, 1841
– August 8, 1912) was an
Ontario
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physician
and political figure.
He was born in
Esquesing Township
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,
Halton County
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History
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,
Canada West
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in 1841, the son of Alexander Robertson, a
Scottish
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immigrant,
and Nancy Moore, a native of
New England
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.
Robertson studied at
McGill College
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and graduated with an
M.D.
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in 1864.
He first practised medicine in
Nassagaweya before moving to
Milton. Robertson was a captain in the local militia and raised a company of volunteers that served during the
Fenian raids. He owned a large amount of real estate, including a large farm.
In 1867, he married Jennie S. Morse.
Political career
He served four years as mayor of Milton and eight years as treasurer for the board of education.
Henderson represented
Halton in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1879 to 1883 as a
Liberal
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member, but was defeated in the
1883 election.
Electoral history
References
External links
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1841 births
1912 deaths
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Physicians from Ontario
Mayors of Milton, Ontario
People from the Regional Municipality of Halton
McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni
19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
19th-century mayors of places in Ontario