Robert Sommers Politician
Robert Edward Sommers (January 3, 1911—2000) was an Alberta-born elementary school principal and a politician, who served as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1958, representing the riding of Rossland-Trail in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He served as Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines from until his resignation February 27, 1956. He was tried and in 1958 was convicted of bribery and conspiracy making him the first cabinet minister in the British Commonwealth to serve a term of imprisonment for accepting bribes in connection with his office.
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- http://books.google.ca/books?id=tchhd4FUS98C&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=Robert+Sommers+BC&source=bl&ots=2rTXwX9Y2C&sig=FtwHdTud3MW6KeUZ-6mB9Nb2VYY&hl=en&ei=Z2WNSvyACc2ZjAfnstX2DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Sommers%20BC&f=false
- http://csc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/1959/1959rcs0-678/1959rcs0-678.html
- http://www.aps-pub.com/proceedings/1471/110.pdf
- http://www.westerncanadatheatre.bc.ca/davidrossmem.htm