Robert Randolph Bruce

Robert Randolph Bruce (* July 16, 1861 in Lhanbryde, Scotland, † February 21, 1942 in Montreal) was a Canadian engineer and mining entrepreneur. From 1926 to 1931 he was vice- governor of the province of British Columbia.

Biography

The son of a pastor studied engineering at the University of Glasgow. In 1887 he immigrated to the United States and arrived a little later to Canada, where he entered the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway ( CPR). In 1897 Bruce in British Columbia down and built a stamp mill at Fort Steele in the East Kootenay. Shortly thereafter, he was working as a prospector and opened up a lead and silver mine. He took advantage of the assets acquired here, to acquire, thereby promoting the settlement of British immigrants from the CPR vast tracts of land on Lake Windermere.

Governor General Lord Byng sworn Bruce on February 24, 1926 as the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. This representative office he held until August 1, 1931. In the general election, 1935 Bruce ran on the part of the Liberal Party in the East Kootenay constituency, but was defeated by former Agriculture and Trade Minister Henry Herbert Stevens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King appointed Bruce 1936 Canadian Ambassador to Japan. After a two-year diplomatic career, he settled in Montreal.