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Robert Henry Halbert

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Canadian politician

Robert Henry Halbert (October 31, 1870 – October 11, 1943) was a Canadian agrarian activist and politician. He was president of the United Farmers of Ontario from 1915 to 1918 and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a 1919 by-election as an independent candidate in Ontario North. He was re-elected in the 1921 federal election as a United Farmers of Ontario MP and subsequently joined the caucus of the Progressive Party of Canada. He was defeated in the 1925 federal election in Muskoka—Ontario.

By-election on Mr. Sharpe's death, 9 December 1919
Party Candidate Votes
Independent Robert Henry Halbert 3,662
Progressive Neil D. Mackinnon 3,477
1921 Canadian federal election: Ontario North
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Robert Henry Halbert 3,919
Conservative Neil Donald McKinnon 3,772

References

  1. The Challenge of Agriculture: The Story of the United Farmers of Ontario - Melville H. Staples - Google Books

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