Alan M. Robinson is a former politician in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1981 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller

Frank Miller (politician)

Frank Stuart Miller, was a Canadian politician, who served as the 19th Premier of Ontario for four months in 1985.-Early life and political career:...

. Robinson was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

.

Robinson was born in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario, and educated at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. He worked as a broadcaster and newspaperman, and was an alderman

Alderman

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 in Scarborough

Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...

 from 1978 to 1981.

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 election

Ontario general election, 1981

The Ontario general election of 1981 was held on March 19, 1981, to elect members of the 32nd Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, defeating New Democratic Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

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 incumbent David Warner

David William Warner

David William Warner is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on three separate occasions between 1975 and 1995, and served as Speaker of the Assembly during Bob Rae's administration.-Background:Warner worked as a...

 by 1,888 votes in Scarborough—Ellesmere. He served as a backbench supporter of Bill Davis

Bill Davis

William Grenville "Bill" Davis, was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education...

's government for four years. Robinson supported Dennis Timbrell

Dennis Timbrell

Dennis Roy Timbrell is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of William Davis and Frank Miller.-Early life and career:...

's unsuccessful bid to succeed Davis at the Progressive Conservative Party's January 1985 leadership convention, and was named a minister without portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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 and Chief Government Whip

Chief Government Whip (Ontario)

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 when Frank Miller became Premier of Ontario

Premier of Ontario

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 on February 8, 1985.

The Progressive Conservatives under Miller's leadership were reduced to a minority government

Minority government

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 in the 1985 election

Ontario general election, 1985

The Ontario general election of 1985 was held on May 2, 1985, to elect members of the 33rd Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada...

. Robinson lost to David Warner in Scarborough—Ellesmere by 1,119 votes.

Robinson is now the president and CEO of PACex International, which describes itself as "Canada's National Packaging, Food Process, Material Handling & Logistics Exhibition". PACex purchased the Canadian Materials Handling & Logistics Show in 2003.

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