Frederick Greystock Robertson (7 March 1909 – 17 September 2002) was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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Robertson was born in Belleville, Ontario

Belleville, Ontario

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 and became a physician after receiving his MD

Doctor of Medicine

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 degree at the University of Toronto

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. After working as a doctor in Cobourg, Ontario

Cobourg, Ontario

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, he left his practice in July 1948 to work in the canning industry, eventually owning and managing the Cobourg-based Robertson Packers.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Northumberland

Northumberland (Ontario electoral district)

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 riding in the 1949 general election

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 and was re-elected for a second term in 1953

Canadian federal election, 1953

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. Robertson was defeated by Ben Thompson

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 of the Progressive Conservative party

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 in the 1957 election

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Robertson's father, William George Robertson, was a Liberal member of the Ontario Legislature between 1926 and 1929.

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