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Robert Lorne Stanfield PC QC FRCGS (April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Nova Scotia from 1956 to 1967 and the leader of the Official Opposition and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1967 to 1976.
Feb 18, 2008 · Robert Lorne Stanfield, lawyer, politician, premier of NS (b at Truro, NS 11 Apr 1914). Member of a family that had long contributed to the industrial and political life of NS and Canada, Stanfield began the rehabilitation of the provincial Conservative Party in 1946 during the only period in which it held no assembly seats.
Robert L. Stanfield (born April 11, 1914, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada—died December 16, 2003, Ottawa) was a Canadian politician who, as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association in Nova Scotia, served as that province’s premier from 1956 to 1967.
Jan 19, 2004 · Stanfield, Robert (Obituary) All things seemed possible when Robert STANFIELD won the nation's first made-for-TV leadership convention in 1967. His victory - orchestrated by backroom strategist Dalton Camp - laid the foundation for the modern Progressive Conservatives.
Dec 17, 2003 · Former federal Conservative leader and Nova Scotia premier Robert Stanfield died in Ottawa Tuesday. He was 89 years old. BACKGROUNDER: Robert Stanfield. He died at the Montfort Hospital,...
Dec 17, 2003 · The former Nova Scotia premier described as the best prime minister Canada never had died Tuesday at the age of 89. Robert Stanfield died at Ottawa's Montfort Hospital, Senator Lowell Murray...
The Right Honourable Robert L. Stanfield served the Canadian public from 1948 until 1979, first as the Premier of Nova Scotia and later transitioning into federal politics as the Leader of the Official Opposition. [1]
Dec 18, 2003 · Tributes continue to pour in following the death of former federal Conservative leader and Nova Scotia premier Robert Lorne Stanfield. He died Tuesday at the age of 89.
Robert Lorne Stanfield was born on April 11, 1914, in Truro, Nova Scotia. A lawyer he became president of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party in 1947; party leader in 1948; first elected to the provincial legislature in 1949 and premier of the province from 1956-67.
As leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative party, Stanfield served as Premier of Nova Scotia for 11 years. During his time in office, he was credited with modernizing the province’s approach to education and healthcare delivery.
