Born in Coraki, New South Wales, he was educated at state schools before becoming a dairy farmer, a journalist and company director.

In 1953 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Casino, holding the seat until 1963, when he retired to contest the Australian House of Representatives seat of Cowper.

[1] Cowper had been won in 1961 by Labor's Frank McGuren, who had defeated the ailing longtime Country Party member and former caretaker Prime Minister Earle Page, who had been too ill to campaign.

Robinson lost the position when the Coalition was defeated in the 1972 federal election.

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