Preceded by riding created Died April 30, 1943 | Role Member of Parliament Name Sidney Robinson Resigned October 1935 | |
Full Name Sidney Cecil Robinson Born 12 January 1870
Toronto, Ontario ( 1870-01-12 ) Spouse(s) Martha Maud Stanley
m. 28 June 1899 Profession business executive, industrialist, manager Political party Conservative Party of Canada | ||
Succeeded by Norman Alexander McLarty | ||
Sidney Cecil Robinson (12 January 1870 – 30 April 1943) was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and became a business executive, industrialist and manager. In 1905, he was also a municipal councillor for Walkerville, Ontario.
Robinson attended the Windsor Collegiate Institute then Detroit Business University. He served in the military with the 21st Essex Fusiliers, including service in World War I. He recruited for the 99th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He attained a rank of colonel.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Essex West riding in the 1925 general election after a previous unsuccessful campaign at Essex North in a 1 March 1923 by-election. Robinson was re-elected in 1926 and 1930. He was defeated by Norman Alexander McLarty of the Liberal party in the 1935 federal election.