Farmer.
Born in Manitoba on 5 February 1885, son of Rodmond Palen Roblin and Adelaide DeMille (1853-1928), he took over Maplewood, the family farm near Homewood, in the early 20th century and operated it until a few years before his death. He was a Conservative candidate for the Dufferin constituency in the 1932 provincial general election but was defeated by the Liberal-Progressive incumbent, John Alfred Munn.
In 1947, he sold Maplewood and retired to a home in Winnipeg. He died at his St. James residence, 219 Woodlawn Street on 25 February 1954 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery. Having no children, the bulk of his estate went to his nephew, Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Roblin House (RM of Dufferin)
Marriage registration [Arthur Bettram Roblin, Iowa Evelyn Maud Snell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Iona Evelyn Maud Roblin, Arthur Bertram Roblin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Mrs. Arthur B. Roblin], Winnipeg Tribune, 13 February 1948, page 25.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 27 February 1954, page 28.
“MLA Roblin falls heir to $27,000,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 March 1954, page 3.
The Rural Municipality of Dufferin: 1880-1980 compiled and edited by June M. Watson, Rural Municipality of Dufferin, 1982, pages 45, 703.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 September 2024
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