John Morrow Robb was a physician and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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. He represented Algoma

Algoma (provincial electoral district)

Algoma was a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada that elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It existed from 1867 to 1884, 1902 to 1934 and from 1967 to 1999. In 1999, the riding was abolished into Algoma—Manitoulin....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1916 to 1919 and from 1926 to 1934 as a Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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 member.

The son of Samuel Robb and Margaret Morrow, he was born in Downie Township, Perth County

Perth County, Ontario

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. Robb was educated in Stratford

Stratford, Ontario

Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...

 and at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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. He taught school for three years in Middlesex County

Middlesex County, Ontario

Middlesex County is a primarily rural county in Southwestern Ontario. Landlocked, the county is bordered by Huron and Perth counties on the north, Oxford County on the east, Elgin County on the south, and Chatham-Kent and Lambton County on the west.The seat is the city of London, although the city...

. In 1909, Robb married Olive R. Kidd. He served on the school board for Blind River

Blind River, Ontario

Population trend:* Population in 2006: 3780* Population in 2001: 3969* Population in 1996: 3152 * Population in 1991: 3355-Economy:Its main businesses are tourism, fishing, logging, and uranium refining....

 and was Medical Officer of Health for over 20 years. Robb was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1919 and 1923. He served as Minister of Health from 1930 to 1934 and as Ministry of Labour

Ministry of Labour (Ontario)

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 in 1934. He built a hospital in Blind River which he turned over to the Canadian Red Cross

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after he was named Minister of Health. Robb died in Blind River at the age of 65.