Constituency : Lancaster 1928-9
Robert re-captured Lancaster from the Tories at a by-election. In a three-cornered contest, he triumphed by 1,829 votes.
Robert was educated at Poulton-le-Fylde Grammar School and Claremont College, Blackpool. He was a prominent Methodist. He set up in business as a corn merchant and became an expert on agricultural questions. He was a Fylde district councillor for most of his adult life and held a number of public appointments in Lancashire. He contested Fylde in 1923 but lost to the Tory in a straight fight.
Robert was narrowly defeated in 1929 but declined to stand in 1931. He stood again in 1935 but came a distant second in a three-cornered contest.
He died in 1943 aged 62.
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