Dufferin Roblin
Dufferin ( " Duff " ) Roblin, PC, CC, OM ( born June 17, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, † 30 May, 2010 Victoria, British Columbia) was a Canadian politician. From 1950 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. In 1954 he was elected Chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and of 30 June 1958, he ruled the province until November 27, 1967 as Prime Minister. In 1978 he was appointed Senator; he held until 1992 this office.
Biography
Teens
Roblin, a grandson of former Prime Minister of Manitoba Rodmond Roblin, studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Chicago. In 1940 he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and rose to during the Second World War to the Wing Commander. As such, he participated in Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944 (D -Day) and then served in the campaign in Europe. In 1946 he returned to Canada.
Provincial policy
His political career began Roblin on November 10, 1949, when he became a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party ( Tories ) first elected deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. There he represented the electoral district of Winnipeg South. Soon he was one of the leading Tories, who opposed the continuation of the coalition with the Manitoba Liberal Party. When the coalition collapsed in August 1950, he resigned, despite enthusiastic response on it to run the party chairmanship. On June 8, 1953 he managed the re-election as an MP. Approximately one year later, on June 18, 1954, he was still elected chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party. In the Legislative Assembly, he was also the official opposition leader.
In the elections of 16 June 1958, the Tories received the most mandates, but missed the absolute majority. Roblin, who was elected in the newly created constituency of Wolseley, then formed on 30 June 1958 minority government. This received the support of the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, as the Tories in some areas more liberal positions represented as the Manitoba Liberal Party, which had previously ruled for 26 years. In May 1959, the Tories won the most votes in early elections.
Roblins French government introduced again as a school subject, increased social spending and expanded the road network. It replaced the "one- room schools " from the founding days of the province by modern school building and extended the offer of higher education. Through the fusion of numerous municipalities with Winnipeg they promoted the urbanization of the capital. To protect Winnipeg from the flooding of the Red River of the North, Roblin was the Red River Floodway build. This relief channel soon received the nickname Duff 's Ditch ( " Duff's ditch " ) and preserves the capital region since before flood damage. Under Roblins leadership, the Tories also won the elections in December 1962 and June 1966. In his own constituency, he had no significant challenger.
Federal policy
After nine years in office, Roblin occurred on 27 September 1967 by the Office of the Prime Minister. He was succeeded by Walter Weir. Roblin had two weeks earlier unsuccessfully for the presidency of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate, but nevertheless decided to move to federal politics. He resigned as deputy of the Legislative Assembly to take up to the general election of 25 June 1968. In the constituency Winnipeg South Centre he was defeated, the liberal candidate Edmund Boyd Osler.
Six years later, at the general election of July 8, 1974 Roblin tried it again. But even in the constituency Peterborough, Ontario, he was unsuccessful and was defeated by Liberal Hugh Faulkner. In March 1978, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed him senator. As such Roblin led from April 1980 to September 1984 the opposition faction in the Senate, then to June 1986, the government faction. On June 17, 1992 on his 75th birthday, he retired in accordance with regulations made from the Senate.
For his services Roblin was appointed Companion of the Order of Canada.