Background
ROBERTSON, Robert Gordon. PC. was born on May 19, 1917 in Sask. Son of John G. Robertson and Lydia A. Paulson.
ROBERTSON, Robert Gordon. PC. was born on May 19, 1917 in Sask. Son of John G. Robertson and Lydia A. Paulson.
University of Saskatchewan, Toronto and Oxford (United Kingdom).
Assistant to Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs 1943-1945. Secretary to Office of Prime Minister 1945-1949. Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Privy Council Office 1951-1953.
Deputy Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources and Commander of the Northwest Territories 1953-1963. Clerk of Privy Council and Secretary to Cabinet 1963-1975. Secretary to Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Reis.
1975-1979; President Institute for Research on Public Policy 1980-1984. Fellow in Residence. Honorary Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford.
Chancellor, Carleton University since 1980.
Cabinet Secretary, Privy Council Office 1949-1951. Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
Married Beatrice M. Lawson in 1943.