Robert Winters
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Robert Henry Winters (August 18, 1910 - October 10, 1969) was a Canadian politician.
Winters was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1945 general election as a Liberal.
Winters was appointed to Cabinet in 1948 and served as minister of public works among other portfolios under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. Defeated along with the St. Laurent government in the 1957 election, Winters entered to corporate world becoming a Chief Executive Officer. He was persuaded to return to politics by Lester Pearson, and won a seat in the 1965 election, becoming minister of trade and commerce in Pearson's government.
Winters ran to succeed Pearson at the 1968 Liberal leadership convention, coming in second to Pierre Trudeau. Winters left politics following his defeat to become president and director of Brazilian Light and Power.
He died in 1969 at the age of 59.