Robert FORKE
FORKE, The Hon. Robert, P.C.
Personal Data
- Party
- Liberal Progressive
- Constituency
- Brandon (Manitoba)
- Birth Date
- June 2, 1860
- Deceased Date
- February 2, 1934
- Website
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=6df59897-c34b-4c7b-ae9c-3918921f376b&Language=E&Section=ALL
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=6df59897-c34b-4c7b-ae9c-3918921f376b&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- farmer
Parliamentary Career
- December 6, 1921 - September 5, 1925
- PROBrandon (Manitoba)
- October 29, 1925 - July 2, 1926
- PROBrandon (Manitoba)
- September 14, 1926 - September 24, 1926
- LIB-PROBrandon (Manitoba)
- November 2, 1926 - December 29, 1929
- LIB-PROBrandon (Manitoba)
- Minister of Immigration and Colonization (September 25, 1926 - December 29, 1929)
- December 30, 1929 - May 30, 1930
- LIB-PROBrandon (Manitoba)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 1 of 593)
June 13, 1929
Mr. FORKE:
Yes, but I want to repeat,
because there is a general misapprehension on the subject, that the Dominion government makes no loans of any bind to these settlers.
June 13, 1929
Mr. FORKE:
Yes. The hon. member referred to loans made to British settlers. The Dominion government makes no loans of any kind to these settlers.
June 13, 1929
Mr. FORKE:
The average indebtedness
is $3,505.
June 13, 1929
Mr. FORKE:
I think the amount of land under this category is exaggerated. The board is selling about 100 farms a month, and in a short time there will be very little land left on the hands of the government. In regard to some very poor land-I have no authority to say this, but I am not at all afraid I can get it through when I want to- we will be quite willing to hand some of that land over to the municipalities for the taxes and let them do what they like with it. It is not worth more than the taxes. This,
however, is a matter of government policy. If the government is going to pay taxes on government property, the board will pay those taxes. Mr. Lamb and others have addressed personal letters to the Prime Minister in regard to this, and it is a matter of government policy.
June 13, 1929
Mr. FORKE:
They will be made as convenient as possible for the soldier settlers.