Robinson, Svend

ROBINSON, Svend, politician (b 4 Mar 1952, Minneapolis). A graduate of UBC law school, he won election to the House of Commons as a candidate for the NDP in 1979, when he was 27 years old, and continued to hold his BURNABY riding until 2004. He has been one of the most controversial politicians in Canada, taking highly publicized stands on environmental and ABORIGINAL RIGHTS issues, as well as doctor-assisted suicide. He once heckled US President Ronald Reagan, and in 1992 he was expelled from...

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