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Atkin, Robert
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Robert Atkin, 1903-ca. 1980s, was born in Sheffield, England. His family emigrated to Edmonton in 1922 where he and his father and brother found work with the CNR. He became a member of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees and Other Transport Workers in 1927 and later served on the executive. He was also an executive member of the CNR Pensioners Association, Branch 9, Kelowna, British Columbia, the Edmonton Labour Congress, and the Industrial Federation of Labour of Alberta. He ran unsuccessfully as the East Edmonton CCF candidate in the 1950s. He married and had two daughters.