Robert Robinson (Australian politician)

Robert Robinson (c.1811 – 14 May 1852) was a hotel-keeper and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia).[1]

Robinson was licensee of Commercial Hotel, Corio, from 1841.[1] Mercer was elected to the district of Geelong in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council in October 1851.[2]

Robinson died on 14 May 1852,[1] he was married to Elizabeth Mary, who survived him.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Robinson, Robert". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
  2. ↑ Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria II.
  3. ↑ "Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 18 May 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2014.


Victorian Legislative Council
New creation Member for Geelong
Oct 1851 – May 1852
With: James Strachan		 Succeeded by
Alexander Thomson