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==Early life== Robarts was born in [[Banff, Alberta]], to Herbert Roberts and Ellen Florence May Robarts, making him the only Ontario premier not to have been born in Ontario. As a young man, he moved to [[London, Ontario]], with his family, where he studied at Central Collegiate (today, [[London Central Secondary School]]) and at the [[University of Western Ontario]] (UWO) in business administration. While attending UWO, he joined the [[Delta Upsilon]] fraternity.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090912213428/http://www.duwestern.org/page.php?page_id=111786 Delta Upsilon UWO alumni]}}</ref> He played for [[Western Mustangs football]], coached by [[John P. Metras]].<ref>{{cite news|title=John Metras: Former college coach dies|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=April 14, 1982|newspaper=[[The Sun Times (Owen Sound)|The Sun Times]]|location=Owen Sound, Ontario|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-times-metras-1982/169392058/}}</ref> Robarts enrolled to study law at [[Osgoode Hall Law School]], but his education was interrupted by service with the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] during [[World War II]]. He served as an officer on {{HMCS|Uganda|66|6}}. After the war, he returned to law school and graduated in 1948.
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