Robert Francis Green

Robert Francis Green (November 14, 1861- October 5, 1946) was a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician, born in Peterborough, Canada West. From 1893 to 1897, Green served three terms as mayor of Kaslo, British Columbia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1898 to 1907, representing the ridings of first Slocan then Kaslo. After the 1903 BC elections, Green was part of the government of Richard McBride, and was appointed Minister of Mines, Education, and Lands and Works, and Provincial Secretary.

He was elected MP for Kootenay in 1912 and re-elected in the successor riding Kootenay West in 1917. At the end of that term in 1921, he was appointed to the Senate, where he served until his death at the age of 86.

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
Arthur Samuel Goodeve		 Member of Parliament from Kootenay
1912-1917 		Succeeded by
riding distributed into Kootenay West and Kootenay East
Preceded by
riding created out of Kootenay		 Member of Parliament from Kootenay West
1917-1921 		Succeeded by
Levi Humphrey


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