Robert Muir | |
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Member of Parliament | |
In office 10 June 1957 – 24 June 1968 | |
Preceded by | William Murdoch Buchanan – Liberal |
Succeeded by | Electoral district abolished |
Constituency | Cape Breton North and Victoria |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 25 June 1968 – 26 March 1979 | |
Preceded by | Electoral district established |
Succeeded by | Russell MacLellan – Liberal |
Constituency | Cape Breton—The Sydneys |
Senator for Nova Scotia | |
In office 28 March 1979 – 10 November 1994 | |
Constituency | Cape Breton—The Sydneys |
Personal details | |
Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | 10 November 1919
Died | 31 August 2011 Coxheath, Nova Scotia, Canada | (aged 91)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence(s) | Coxheath, Nova Scotia |
Profession | Miner, businessman, salesman |
Robert Muir (10 November 1919 – 31 August 2011) was a Canadian Member of Parliament, first in the House of Commons and later in the Senate. Muir sat in both chambers as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was born in Scotland and raised on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Before he became a politician, he was also a miner, a union official, a salesman and a businessman during his career. He died at his home in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in 2011.
Muir was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 10 November 1919. [1] After his father died in 1920, he and his mother immigrated to Canada. [2] After leaving school in grade 8, he worked in the coal mines until injuries ended his ability to do so. [2] Before he was injured for the final time, he was elected as the secretary of his United Mine Workers of America (UMW) local. [2] After recuperating from his injuries, he worked in insurance for London Life until he was elected to parliament. [1] He later served as chair of the Miners' Hospital in Cape Breton. [3]
Muir began politics as a member of the Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia municipal council, where he served from 1948 to 1958. [4] He entered federal politics in the 1957 Canadian general election, winning the Cape Breton North and Victoria electoral district in Nova Scotia. [2] His old riding was abolished after the 1966 electoral district redistribution. [4] Muir then ran in the newly created Cape Breton—The Sydneys electoral district in the 1968 Canadian general election and won the seat. [1] Muir won election eight consecutive times, stepping down in 1979 after having served in the 30th Canadian Parliament. [4] [5]
On 28 March 1979, two-days after an election call, Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed Muir to the Senate. [6] Muir sat in the self-designated Senate division of Cape Breton-The Sydneys. [4] Muir retired from the Senate on 10 November 1994. [4] He died at home, in Coxheath, Nova Scotia on 31 August 2011, aged 91, from respiratory failure. [2] [7]
Robert Muir | |
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Member of Parliament | |
In office 10 June 1957 – 24 June 1968 | |
Preceded by | William Murdoch Buchanan – Liberal |
Succeeded by | Electoral district abolished |
Constituency | Cape Breton North and Victoria |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 25 June 1968 – 26 March 1979 | |
Preceded by | Electoral district established |
Succeeded by | Russell MacLellan – Liberal |
Constituency | Cape Breton—The Sydneys |
Senator for Nova Scotia | |
In office 28 March 1979 – 10 November 1994 | |
Constituency | Cape Breton—The Sydneys |
Personal details | |
Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | 10 November 1919
Died | 31 August 2011 Coxheath, Nova Scotia, Canada | (aged 91)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence(s) | Coxheath, Nova Scotia |
Profession | Miner, businessman, salesman |
Robert Muir (10 November 1919 – 31 August 2011) was a Canadian Member of Parliament, first in the House of Commons and later in the Senate. Muir sat in both chambers as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was born in Scotland and raised on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Before he became a politician, he was also a miner, a union official, a salesman and a businessman during his career. He died at his home in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in 2011.
Muir was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 10 November 1919. [1] After his father died in 1920, he and his mother immigrated to Canada. [2] After leaving school in grade 8, he worked in the coal mines until injuries ended his ability to do so. [2] Before he was injured for the final time, he was elected as the secretary of his United Mine Workers of America (UMW) local. [2] After recuperating from his injuries, he worked in insurance for London Life until he was elected to parliament. [1] He later served as chair of the Miners' Hospital in Cape Breton. [3]
Muir began politics as a member of the Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia municipal council, where he served from 1948 to 1958. [4] He entered federal politics in the 1957 Canadian general election, winning the Cape Breton North and Victoria electoral district in Nova Scotia. [2] His old riding was abolished after the 1966 electoral district redistribution. [4] Muir then ran in the newly created Cape Breton—The Sydneys electoral district in the 1968 Canadian general election and won the seat. [1] Muir won election eight consecutive times, stepping down in 1979 after having served in the 30th Canadian Parliament. [4] [5]
On 28 March 1979, two-days after an election call, Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed Muir to the Senate. [6] Muir sat in the self-designated Senate division of Cape Breton-The Sydneys. [4] Muir retired from the Senate on 10 November 1994. [4] He died at home, in Coxheath, Nova Scotia on 31 August 2011, aged 91, from respiratory failure. [2] [7]