Researching Robert Spence
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The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
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Robert Spence (Canadian politician)
Robert Spence (1811 – February 25, 1868) was a journalist and political figure in Canada West.
He was born in Dublin in 1811 and came to Upper Canada in 1836. He taught school in Dundas. In 1846, he launched a newspaper, the Dundas Warder and Halton County General Advertiser. He helped promote the incorporation of Dundas as a town and served on the town council. In 1858, he was elected warden for the United Counties of Wentworth and Halton. In 1854, he was elected to the 5th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing Wentworth as an independent. He became Postmaster General in the government of Allan MacNab and Augustin-Norbert Morin. His acceptance of a cabinet post stirred up resentment among the Clear Grits and he was not re-elected. He introduced reduced rates for mailing newspapers and other improvements to the postal service. In 1857, he was appointed collector of customs at Toronto.
He died in Toronto in 1868.
Source: Robert Spence (Canadian politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRobert Spence (British politician)
Robert Spence (1879 – 1 February 1965) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick and Haddington in Scotland from 1923 to 1924.
Spence unsuccessfully contested East Renfrewshire at the 1918 general election, and was unsuccessful again when he contested Berwick and Haddington in 1922. He won the seat at the 1923 general election by a narrow margin of 68 votes (0.3% of the total), but was defeated at the next general election, in 1924, and did not stand for Parliament again.
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