Andrew Robertson (businessman)

Andrew Robertson (18 June 1827 – 29 March 1890) was a successful Scottish dry goods merchant at Montreal. He was best known as Chairman of the Montreal Harbour Commission. He purchased and donated the land on which the Erskine Presbyterian Church was built, and was President and Governor of the Montreal General Hospital. He was the first President of the Bell Telephone Company of Canadaand the Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada. He was also President of the Montreal Board of Trade, the Dominion Board of Tradeand the Royal Canadian Insurance Company.
Category:Last Name Robertson
Category:Born 1827
Category:Died 1890