Robert Jaffray
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Robert Jaffray (23 January 1832 – 16 December 1914) was a Canadian grocer, publisher (The Globe), and politician. A Liberal, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 8 March 1906 on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He represented the senatorial division of Toronto, Ontario until his death. He is buried in Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
His son Robert A. Jaffray was a Christian missionary to China who was trained by A.B. Simpson.
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- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
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