Robert Rogers
Robert Rogers (1864-1936) was a
Canadian merchant and politician. He was first elected to the
Canadian House of Commons in the
1911 general election that brought the
Conservatives to power under Sir
Robert Borden. Rogers served in several
cabinet portfolios under Borden including Minister of the Interior,
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs and Minister of Mines. From 1912 to 1917 he was Minister of Public Works. Rogers left the House of Commons in 1917 but returned in the
1925 election only to lose his
seat the next year. In 1927 he was a candidate at the
Conservative leadership convention coming in fifth. He returned again to the House of Commons in the 1930 election but was not included in the cabinet of Tory
Prime Minister R.B. Bennett and retired from politics in 1935.