Robert Rogers (Canada)
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The Honourable Robert Rogers, P.C. (March 2, 1864 - July 21, 1936) was a Canadian merchant and politician.
He was acclaimed to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1911 general election that brought the Conservatives to power under Sir Robert Borden. Rogers served in several cabinet portfolios under Borden including Minister of the Interior, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, and Minister of Mines. From 1912 to 1917, he was Minister of Public Works.
Rogers left the House of Commons in 1917 but returned in the 1925 election, only to lose his seat the election that followed the next year.
In 1927, he was a candidate at the Conservative Party leadership convention, coming in fifth. He returned again to the House of Commons in the 1930 election, but was not included in the cabinet of Tory Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. He retired from politics in 1935.
| Preceded by: Alexander Haggart | Member of Parliament for Winnipeg 1911-1917 | Succeeded by: The electoral district was abolished in 1914. |
| Preceded by: Albert Hudson | Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South 1925-1926 | Succeeded by: John Stewart McDiarmid |
| Preceded by: John Stewart McDiarmid | Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South 1930-1935 | Succeeded by: Leslie Alexander Mutch |