Constituency : Keighley 1923-4
Robert took Keighley from Labour, aided by the Tories' withdrawal.
Robert was born in Dublin. He was educated at Uppingham and Cambridge and became a barrister. He emigrated to Western Australia in 1894. In 1899 he returned to Ireland. He had moved back to Australia by 1906. In 1917 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly. He was described by a local newspaper lawyer as " a tall, austere, aloof English lawyer..quite out of touch with public opinion...He was a dyed-in-the-wool conservative and did not care who knew". In 1921 he resigned his seat and moved to England. In 1922 he was persuaded by an Asquithian faction to oppose Winston Churchill at Dundee. Churchill was defeated but Robert polled poorly and didn't materially affect the result.
Robert's only parliamentary speech refuted Protectionist claims about Australia in a debate on imperial preference.
Robert stood down in 1924.
He died in 1942 aged 72.
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