Arthur Roebuck
| Arthur Roebuck | |
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| Senator | |
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In office 1945–1971 |
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| Constituency | Toronto-Trinity |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Trinity |
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In office 1940–1945 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh John Plaxton |
| Succeeded by | Larry Skey |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1934–1940 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Bell |
| Succeeded by | A.A. MacLeod |
| Constituency | Bellwoods |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 28, 1878 Hamilton, Ontario |
| Died | November 17, 1971 (aged 93) Cobourg, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Inez Perry |
| Relations | John Roebuck, great-great grandfather |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Journalist, lawyer |
Arthur Wentworth Roebuck, QC, (February 28, 1878 — November 17, 1971) was a Canadian politician and labour lawyer.
Roebuck was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1878 and grew up on a farm in Wellington County, near Guelph. He worked as a reporter for the Toronto Daily Star and in 1905 became editor of the Temiskaming Herald in New Liskeard. He was also editor of the Cobalt Citizen. He studied law part-time and graduated from Osgoode Hall after three years. In 1918 he married Inez Perry and together they raised one daughter.
Roebuck ran a Liberal-Labor candidate in Temiskaming in the 1914 and 1919 elections but failed to get elected. He was involved with the United Farmers of Ontario and its successor, the Progressive Party, in the 1920s before rejoining the Liberals. He finally won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1934 provincial election that brought the Ontario Liberal Party led by Mitchell Hepburn to power.
Roebuck was a senior figure in the Hepburn government serving as Attorney-General of Ontario from 1934 to 1937 as well as Minister of Labour from 1934 until 1935. A progressive, Roebuck promoted the rights of Jews against the anti-Semitism that was still prevalent in 1930s Ontario, and defended the rights of trade unions. He broke with Hepburn over the government's handling of the 1937 United Auto Workers strike against General Motors in Oshawa, and resigned in protest with fellow minister David Croll. Roebuck remained as the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Toronto riding of Bellwoods until 1940.
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