732 Elisha Robinson

Constituency : Bristol  1870

Elisha  took over  from  the  deceased  Francis  Berkeley  at  Bristol  wining  the  by-election  by  760  votes.

Elisha  was the  son  of  a  Gloucestershire  paper  maker.  He  moved  to  Bristol  in  1844  and  set  up  his  own  business  making  paper  bags.He  was  Mayor  of  Bristol  in  1866.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Port  and  Pier  Railway. He  was  a  Baptist  and  a  keen  cricketer.

Elisha  was  unseated  on  a  technicality.

He  died  in  1885  aged  68.