Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)

Insurance and financial agent, magistrate, MLA (1933-1936), MLA (1937-1940), MLA (1941-1945), MLA (1946-1949).

Born in Somerset, England on 29 May 1879, son of Robert Hawkins and Elizabeth Condery, he came to Canada in 1904 and to Dauphin in 1905. He joined a local insurance firm and took it over in 1914. On 29 September 1908, he married Mary Amelia Widale, daughter of Edward H. Widale, of Bristol, England. They had one son: Edward W. Hawkins.

He served as police magistrate and juvenile court justice until he ran for the legislature as a Liberal Progressive in 1932. He represented Dauphin in the legislature for 17 years. He was appointed Speaker in 1937 and was reappointed in 1941 and 1945.

His correspondence while Speaker of the legislature is in the Archives of Manitoba.

Source:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1943.

Profile revised: 20 June 2008

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