Robert Baden Powell (politician)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| name = Robert Baden Powell

| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|5|24}}

| birth_place = Westport, Nova Scotia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|9|2|1901|5|24}}

| death_place = Plympton, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Digby

| term_start = 1963

| term_end = 1970

| predecessor = Victor Cardoza

| successor = Joseph H. Casey

| party = Progressive Conservative

| religion =

| occupation = teacher

}}

Robert Baden Powell (May 24, 1901 – September 2, 1976) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/clare-digby.pdf|title=Electoral History for Clare-Digby|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2015-04-27|archive-date=2017-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823064832/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/clare-digby.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Born in 1901 at Westport, Nova Scotia, Powell was a graduate of the Nova Scotia Teachers College.{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/178|accessdate=2018-04-24|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/178 178]}} He was an industrial arts teacher by career. He married Rae Effie Hankinson in 1933. Powell entered provincial politics in the 1963 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Victor Cardoza by 293 votes in the Digby District.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1963|page=28|accessdate=2015-04-27}} He was re-elected by 129 votes in the 1967 election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1967|page=33|accessdate=2015-04-27}} He did not reoffer in the 1970 election. Powell died at Plympton, Nova Scotia on September 2, 1976.