Robert Jaffray

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| name = Robert Jaffray

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| office = Senator for Toronto, Ontario

| appointed = Wilfrid Laurier

| term_start = March 8, 1906

| term_end = December 16, 1914

| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|01|23}}

| birth_place = Skeoch Farm near Bannockburn, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1914|12|16|1832|01|23}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| party = Liberal

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Robert Jaffray (January 23, 1832 – December 16, 1914) was a Canadian grocer, publisher (The Globe), and politician. A Liberal, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 8 March 1906 on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He represented the senatorial division of Toronto, Ontario until his death. He is buried in Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

His son Robert A. Jaffray was a Christian missionary to China who was trained by A.B. Simpson.

References

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Category:1832 births

Category:1914 deaths

Category:Canadian senators from Ontario

Category:Liberal Party of Canada senators

Category:20th-century members of the Senate of Canada

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