Robert Weld Mitchell MBE (born 10 August 1915, date of death unknown) was a Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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 and a lawyer. He was born in Toronto

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, Ontario

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He was first elected at the London

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 riding in the 1953 general election

Canadian federal election, 1953

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. After serving only one federal term, the 22nd Canadian Parliament

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, Mitchell left federal politics and did not seek re-election.

Between 1940 and 1945, Mitchell served in the Canadian Army with The Perth Regiment

The Perth Regiment

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