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1937 - 1963 (Production)
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These papers were received in July, 1971, from Mrs. Jean Robinson, Mr. Robinson's widow.
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Frederick O. Robinson was born in Port Arthur, Ontario on Aug. 2, 1903. He attended public and high school in Port Arthur and then served his apprenticeship to the machinist trade in the C.N.R. shops. He worked for 25 years as a skilled machinist in the Port Arthur shops of the C.N.R. until his election to the Ontario legislature in 1943. He continued to work as a C.N.R. machinist between sessions of the legislature, and after his election to the office of mayor, he worked in the C.N.R. shops on weekends.
He entered public life in January 1943 when he was elected to the Port Arthur Board of Education. In August of the same year he was elected to the Ontario legislature as C.C.F. member for Port Arthur. He was M.L.A. for Port Arthur until his defeat in 1951. In civic affairs, he remained on the Board of Education until 1946 when he was elected as alderman. In 1949, he became Mayor of Port Arthur; he remained in this post except for 1952 when he was defeated until 1955 when he resigned to become personnel manager for the Public Utilities Commission. He left active political life at this time. He resigned from the Public Utilities Commission in 1966 because of ill health. In July, 1969, he died.
The Frederick O. Robinson fonds comprises 7 feet of correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, articles and other material and is contained in seventeen transfer cases. The folder titles in the main are those designated by Mr. Robinson. Some re-arrangement of the material has been effected in order to comply with the folder titles. Since the folders themselves were in no apparent order when .they were donated to the university, the following arrangement was thought to be most suitable for research purposes:
I. Pre-1943 Period
II. Political Affairs (relating to the C.C.F.)
III. The Ontario Legislature and Provincial Affairs, 1943-51
IV. Provincial and Local Affairs.
V. Local and Municipal Affairs.
VI. General
VII. Miscellaneous
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Some confidential correspondence with people in prisons, people seeking worker's compensation, and people on welfare has been placed in restricted access folders.
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An inventory is available: http://libguides.lakeheadu.ca/ld.php?content_id=17389672
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- Politique » Politicians
- Politique » Political candidates
- Gouvernement » Municipal government » City council members
- Gouvernement » Members of Provincial Parliament
- Gouvernement » Municipal government » Mayors
- Industries » Industrie forestière
- Industries » Industrie forestière » Forest products industry
- Ressources naturelles » Electricity » Hydroelectric power
- Ressources naturelles » Electricity
- Ressources naturelles » Electricity » Electric utilities--costs
- Sports et loisirs » Fish and game licenses
- Immeubles et structures » Roads
- Main d’oeuvre » Labour unions
- Industries » Mines and mining
- Caractéristiques géographie » National parks
- Caractéristiques géographie » Provincial parks
- Main d’oeuvre » Unemployment insurance
- Main d’oeuvre » Workers' compensation
- Éducation
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- Robinson, Frederick O. (Sujet)
- Canadian National Railway (Sujet)
- Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Sujet)
- Port Arthur Board of Education (Sujet)
- Port Arthur City Council (Sujet)
- Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission (Sujet)
- International Association of Machinists (Sujet)
- Port Arthur Trades and Labour Council (Sujet)
- Lakehead Council of the Canadian League for Peace and Democracy (Sujet)
- Canadian League for Peace and Democracy (Sujet)
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Sujet)
- Fisher, Douglas (Sujet)
- New Democratic Party (Sujet)
- Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (Sujet)
- Lakehead University (Sujet)
- Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology (Sujet)
- Lakehead Technical Institute (Sujet)
- Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (Sujet)
- Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities (Sujet)
- City of Port Arthur (Ont.) (Sujet)