Robert Irwin | |
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| MLA for Shelburne County | |
| In office June 20, 1906 – June 25, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Johnston George A. Cox Thomas Robertson Moses H. Nickerson |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Reginald Nickerson |
| Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
| In office January 31, 1917 – June 25, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | James F. Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Albert Parsons |
| 17th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia | |
| In office April 7, 1937 – May 31, 1940 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Governors General | The Lord Tweedsmuir The Earl of Athlone |
| Premier | Angus Lewis Macdonald |
| Preceded by | Walter Harold Covert |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Francis Mathers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 17, 1865 Shelburne, Nova Scotia |
| Died | May 16, 1941 (aged 75) Shelburne, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Shelburne, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | salesman |
Robert Irwin (January 17, 1865 – May 16, 1941) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada, and father of Robert Grandy and Prescott St. Clair. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1906 to 1925 as a Liberal member. Irwin was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1937 to 1940.