11 Facts About Arthur Roebuck

Arthur Roebuck sold them in 1915 when he left to study law, graduating from Osgoode Hall after three years.

Arthur Roebuck ran a Liberal candidate in Temiskaming in the 1911 Ontario general election and the 1914 Ontario general election but failed to get elected.

Arthur Roebuck was involved with the United Farmers of Ontario and its successor, the Progressive Party, in the 1920s before rejoining the Liberals.

Arthur Roebuck finally won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1934 provincial election that brought the Ontario Liberal Party led by Mitchell Hepburn to power.

Arthur Roebuck was a senior figure in the Hepburn government serving as Attorney-General of Ontario from 1934 to 1937 as well as Minister of Labour from 1934 until 1935.

Arthur Roebuck remained as the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Toronto riding of Bellwoods until 1940.

Arthur Roebuck attempted to return to provincial politics running for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party at its 1943 leadership convention to succeed Hepburn, but finished second to Harry Nixon.

Arthur Roebuck ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1917 federal election as a Laurier Liberal, but was defeated.

Re-entering federal politics, Arthur Roebuck was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Trinity in the 1940 federal election after successfully challenging sitting Liberal MP Hugh Plaxton for the party's nomination.

Arthur Roebuck was an important figure in the civil liberties movement in Canada following the war.

Arthur Roebuck opposed Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Senate reform proposal in 1969.