Robert Spelman Robertson

Robert Spelman Robertson (December 11, 1870 – May 28, 1955) was a Canadian lawyer and judge.

[1][2] Born in Goderich, Ontario, Robertson read law with Mr Justice J. T. Garrow and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1894.

[2] He entered private practice, first in Stratford, Ontario, until he was recruited by Fasken in Toronto in 1917.

He was a prominent civil litigator, and was one of William Lyon Mackenzie King's favourite litigators in constitutional cases.

He was elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1930 and was Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada from 1937 to 1938, when he was appointed Chief Justice.