Robert James Cromie

During this period he put in 12 to 14 hours a day as waiter, captain of the bell boys and assistant bookkeeper and attending night school and the Y.M.C.A.

[5] In 1917 Cromie was put in charge of the Vancouver Sun, a property of Foley, Welch and Stewart, and, by August, 1917, he had become the owner of the newspaper.

In an obituary for Cromie published in the Winnipeg Evening Tribune on May 12, 1936, British Columbia Premier Duff Pattullo was quoted as saying that: The Hon.

Ian Alistair Mackenzie, Minister of Defence, and member for the past 15 years of the British Columbia legislature and of the House of Commons for Vancouver ridings was quoted as saying: :"In my opinion, Robert Cromie did more for Vancouver and British Columbia in the last 20 years than any other single man.

He had a vision of greatness for his home city and he worked tirelessly for its achievement.” Mayor Gerry McGeer of Vancouver, Liberal House Member for Vancouver-Burrard, said: B.C.