Robert McKenzie was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Jarvis, Ontario

Jarvis, Ontario

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 and became an agent.

McKenzie attended school at Walpole Township

Haldimand County, Ontario

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, then studied at Ontario Veterinary College

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. From 1910 to 1926, he was Secretary-Treasurer of Tecumseh No. 65, Saskatchewan

Tecumseh No. 65, Saskatchewan

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, including municipal and school board service at the village of Stoughton

Stoughton, Saskatchewan

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. In 1925 and 1926, he was the director for the Saskatchewan Rural Municipal Associn ation. In 1931, he began to serve on the Canadian Order of Foresters executive committee.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Assiniboia

Assiniboia (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1925 general election

Canadian federal election, 1925

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 then re-elected in 1926

Canadian federal election, 1926

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, 1930

Canadian federal election, 1930

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 and 1935

Canadian federal election, 1935

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party.The central...

. McKenzie resigned on 8 December 1935 and took a position with the Canadian Farm Loan Board to allow fellow Liberal James Garfield Gardiner

James Garfield Gardiner

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 to campaign for and win the seat.

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