Robert G. Eaton

Robert G. Eaton

Robert Gordon Eaton (born June 23, 1937) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. Eaton was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

He was born in Woodstock, Ontario, and educated at the Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology. He was a member of his local school board from 1964 to 1966, and a director of Missouri Mutual Fire Insurance.

Eaton was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party MPP Kenneth Bolton by 3,053 votes in Middlesex South. He was re-elected for the redistributed seat of Middlesex in 1975, 1977 and 1981, and was appointed to Davis's cabinet as a minister without portfolio on February 13, 1982, and was promoted to Chief Government Whip on July 6, 1983. He supported Dennis Timbrell to succeed Davis as party leader in January 1985, and was dropped from cabinet when Frank Miller became Premier of Ontario on February 8, 1985.

The Conservatives suffered an electoral setback in the 1985 election under Miller's leadership. Eaton was personally defeated, losing to Liberal candidate Doug Reycraft by 810 votes.

As of 2005, Eaton is the Broker-Owner of Royal LePage Landco Realty in London, Ontario, and is a polled hereford cattle breeder. [http://www.ridgetowncollege.com/alumni/contactcentre.cfm?l=all]


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