Robert Rogers (Canada)

The Hon. Robert Rogers
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Winnipeg
In office 1911–1917
Preceded by	Alexander Haggart
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1914
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Winnipeg South
In office 1925–1926
Preceded by	Albert Hudson
Succeeded by	John Stewart McDiarmid
In office 1930–1935
Preceded by	John Stewart McDiarmid
Succeeded by	Leslie Mutch
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Manitou
In office 1899–1911
Personal details
Born	(1864-03-02)March 2, 1864 Lakefield, Canada East
Died	July 21, 1936(1936-07-21) (aged 72)
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Provincial: Minister Without Portfolio (1900) Minister of Public Works (1900–1911) Federal: Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1911–1912) Minister of the Interior (1911–1912) Minister of Mines (1912) Minister of Public Works (1912–1917)

Robert Rogers, PC (March 2, 1864 – July 21, 1936) was a Canadian merchant and politician. He served as a cabinet minister at the federal and provincial levels.

Rogers was born in Lakefield, Canada East (now Quebec), the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Rogers. He was educated in Lachute, Berthier and Montreal, and later moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to become director of the Monarch Life Assurance Company. In religion, he was a member of the Church of England.

He contested Lisgar in the 1896 federal election as a candidate of the federal Conservative Party, and lost to Liberal Robert Lorne Richardson by fifty-four votes.

Rogers was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1899 provincial election as a Conservative candidate, defeating Liberal candidate J.L. Brown by twenty-eight votes in Manitou. The Conservatives won this election, and Rogers sat in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Hugh John Macdonald's administration. When Rodmond Roblin succeeded Macdonald as premier on October 29, 1900, he appointed Rogers as a minister without portfolio.

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