Background
STANFIELD, Robert was born on April 11, 1914 in Truro, Nova Scotia. Son of Frank Stanfield and Sarah Emma (Thomas) Stanfield.
STANFIELD, Robert was born on April 11, 1914 in Truro, Nova Scotia. Son of Frank Stanfield and Sarah Emma (Thomas) Stanfield.
Ashbury College, Ottawa, Dalhousie and Harvard Universities.
Minister of Education, Nova Scotia 1956-1967. Member of Parliament for Halifax, Nova Scotia 1968-1979. Former Leader Progressive Conservatives Nova Scotia.
Leader of Opposition, Leader National Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1967-1976. Leader Government Mission to Middle East 1979-1980. Chairman Institute for Research on Public Policy 1981-1987.
Chairman Commonwealth Foundation since 1986. Honorary Doctor of Laws (New Brunswick) 1958, (Me Gill) 1967, (St. Dunstan’s) 1967, (St. Mary's) 1968, (Dalhousie), (McMaster) 1985.
Gardening.
Married 1st Nora Joyce Stanfield (died in 1954), 2nd Mary Stanfield (died in 1977), 3rd Anne Stanfield in 1978.