Dufferin Roblin
Dufferin Roblin (born
1917) is a Canadian businessman and politicain. He served as premier of
Manitoba from
1958 to
1967. First elected to the Manitoba legislature in
1949, he became leader of the provincial
Conservative Party in
1954. His government upgraded highways, created parks, and built the floodway around
Winnipeg. After resigning in
1967 to run unsuccessfully for the leadership of the federal Conservatives, he was appointed to the
Senate in
1978, and was government house leader in the Senate from
1984 to
1986.