Robert Robinson (c.1811 – 14 May 1852) was a hotel-keeper and politician in colonial

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. Robinson was licensee of Commercial Hotel, Corio, from 1841. Mercer was elected to the district of

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in the inaugural

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in October 1851. Robinson died on 14 May 1852, he was married to Elizabeth Mary, who survived him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Robert 1810s births 1852 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians