Robert Irwin
Robert Irwin, MLA
MLA for Shelburne County
In office 1906 – 1925
Preceded by	George A. Cox
Succeeded by	Ernest Reginald Nickerson
Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
In office 1917 – 1925
Preceded by	James F. Ellis
Succeeded by	Albert Parsons
Born	January 17, 1865 Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Died	1941 Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	salesman

Robert Irwin (January 17, 1865 – 1941) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1906 to 1925 as a Liberal member. Irwin was Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1937 to 1940.

He was born in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert Gore Irwin and Isabel Archer, and was educated there. Irwin worked for fifteen years as a travelling salesman before establishing a lumber and dry goods business at Shelburne. In 1894, he married Mary Prescott McGill. Irwin was speaker for the provincial assembly from 1917 to 1925. He died in Shelburne.

His brother Harry was Attorney General and a judge in Hawaii.

[edit] References

• Allison, D & Tuck, CE History of Nova Scotia, Vol. 3 (1916) p. 577-8
• Marble, AE Nova Scotians at home and abroad: biographical sketches ... (1977) p. 217

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