Hugh Robson (politician)

Hugh Amos Robson (September 9, 1871 – July 9, 1945) was a politician and judge in Manitoba.

[3] He was named to the Court of King's Bench on June 23, 1910,[4] and then served as head of the Manitoba public utilities commission from 1911 to 1914.

Despite Premier Tobias Norris's personal popularity, the Liberals were reduced to only eight seats in the province's 55-member legislature following the election of 1922.

He was replaced by Robson, who seems to have been chosen because of his status as a "respected outsider", and because he was regarded (incorrectly) as favouring cooperation with the Progressives.

Robson left the Legislative Assembly in January 1930, becoming a judge of the Manitoba Court of Appeal that month.