Businessman.
Born at Winnipeg on 12 August 1945 to Geraldine Lorraine “Gerry” Miller and Burton Allen “B.A.” Robinson, he spent every summer during his high school years at YMCA Camp Stephens, where he developed a life-long network of friends and associates. While attending the University of Manitoba, he was active in fraternity life as member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
After graduation, he began his career with Ford of Canada before joining his father and his brother Ross in the family firm, B. A. Robinson Company in 1971. In 1996, he incorporated Robinson Lighting Limited and, along with son Brett and daughter Leigh, established branches in Winnipeg, Burnaby (BC), Kelowna (BC), and Langley (BC). In his professional capacity, he served as Chair of the American Lighting Association in 1998, and in 2003 was inducted into the American Lighting Association's Hall of Fame, the first Canadian to be so honoured.
He also served as President of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1992-1993) and spent 26 years as a Winnipeg Football Club Director. He was President of the Manitoba Club (1999) and Winnipeg Executives Association (2001-2002). He enjoyed curling at the Winnipeg Winter Club, golfing at Breezy Bend Country Club and St. Charles Country Club, and spending summers with his family at Granite Lake in Manitoba’s Whiteshell Provincial Park.
With his first wife, Constance Lynne Black (1947-2004), he had three children. After her death, he married Jane Atkinson in 2008.
On 31 October 2010, he died at the University of Alberta Hospital, having been transferred there from Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre in an effort to save his life after he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that affected his liver.
“Mourning loss of ‘nice guy’ businessman Robinson,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 November 2010.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 November 2010.
“Bruce Allan Robinson,” Synchronizer Family Tree, Ancestry.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 26 November 2025
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