Background
He was born in Marieville, Canada East, the son of Victor Robert and Euphrasie Désautels.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born in Marieville, Canada East, the son of Victor Robert and Euphrasie Désautels.
He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1908 to 1922 as a Liberal member. He was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir in Marieville. Robert was co-registrar for Rouville County and a director of the Colonization Society for Saint-Jean County.
He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1908 by-election held after Alfred Girard was named a judge.
Robert resigned his seat in 1922 after being named colonization and immigration agent for Quebec. He later ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1935.
He died in Magog at the age of 84 and was buried in Marieville.