Dufferin Roblin

Automobile dealer, MLA (1950-1953), MLA (1954-1957), MLA (1958-1959), Premier of Manitoba (1958-67), MLA (1959-1962), MLA (1963-1966), MLA (1966-1969), Senator.

Born on 17 June 1917, at Winnipeg, son of Charles Dufferin Roblin and Sophia May Murdock, grandson of Rodmond Palen Roblin, he was educated at Winnipeg Public School, St. John’s College School, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Chicago. He served as a Wing Commander in the RCAF during the Second World War. He was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature at the 1949 general election, serving as Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. During his tenure, the Red River Floodway around Winnipeg, known affectionately as “Duff’s Ditch”, was constructed.

He was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Manitoba (1967) and the University of Winnipeg (1968), and a Centennial Medal of Honour by the Manitoba Historical Society (1970). In 2000, he was inducted into the Order of Manitoba. He is commemorated by the Duff Roblin Building at the Fort Garry campus of the University of Manitoba.

Sources:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1951.

The Ancestry of the Hon. Duff Roblin, Premier of Manitoba, Miscellanea Manitobiana [accessed 22 June 2008].

Profile revised: 2 December 2009

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