Robert Stirton Thornton (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Stirton Thornton (May 8, 1863 - 17 September 1936) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, and again from 1914 to 1922. Thorton was a Liberal, and served as a cabinet minister in the government or Tobias C. Norris. Thornton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Heriots School and the University of Edinburgh, receiving medical certification from the latter institution. He moved to Canada in 1884, and received an LL.D. from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Thornton worked as a physician, serving as president of the Manitoba Medical Council (1896) and the Medical Council of Canada. He was also a horticulturalist and an active freemason, serving as Grand Master from 1900 of 1902.