- Robert Randolph Bruce
Robert Randolph Bruce (
July 16 ,1861 —February 21 ,1942 ) was an engineer, mining proprietor andLieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1926 to 1931.Bruce was born in Scotland and educated at the
University of Glasgow where he studied engineering. He emigrated to the United States in 1887 before arriving in Canada to work for theCanadian Pacific Railway . In 1897 he settled inBritish Columbia to become a prospector. Bruce and his partner established a lead and silver mine near Windermere Lake in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia. He purchased land from the railway and promoted it in England for settlement.Bruce became the province's
lieutenant-governor in 1926. Unusually for former vice-roys, he attempted to enter politics following his tenure as the Queen's representative and stood for theLiberal Party of Canada in the 1935 federal election but was narrowly defeated byHenry Herbert Stevens in the riding ofKootenay East . [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=6330 History of Federal Ridings since 1867 ] at www.parl.gc.ca] The government ofWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King appointed Bruce as Canada's second envoy toJapan with the title ofMinister Plenipotentiary in 1936. He served for two years before retiring toMontreal .Notes
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* [http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/office/RobertBruce.htm Official biography, British Columbia Lieutenant-Governor's Office]
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