Editing Dufferin Roblin (section)

==Federal politics==
Roblin resigned in 1967 to run for the leadership of the federal [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] at its [[1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election|1967 leadership convention]]. He ran a strong campaign but came second to [[Nova Scotia]] Premier [[Robert Stanfield]].

Roblin was a candidate in [[Winnipeg South Centre]] for the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 federal election]] but lost to [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] E.B. Osler by over 10,000 votes. Roblin was hurt by an unpopular provincial sales tax introduced by his government as well as the more general "Trudeaumania" phenomenon. After the election, he was named as vice-president of Canadian Pacific Investments.<ref>''Winnipeg Free Press'', 21 January 1969, p. 10.</ref> In 1970, he was made a Companion of the [[Order of Canada]].

In the [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974 federal election]], Roblin ran for the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] in the [[Ontario]] riding of [[Peterborough (electoral district)|Peterborough]]. He was soundly defeated by [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Hugh Faulkner (politician)|Hugh Faulkner]] and later referred to the entire campaign as a lapse in judgement.

In 1978, Roblin was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] by [[Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]], officially representing the Manitoba region of [[Red River of the North|Red River]]. He was the Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate during [[Joe Clark]]'s brief tenure as Prime Minister (1979&ndash;1980) and served as Deputy Opposition Leader from 1980 to 1984.

After [[Brian Mulroney]]'s landslide victory in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 election]], Roblin was appointed [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada)|Leader of the Government in the Senate]], and served in Mulroney's cabinet until June 29, 1986. In that capacity, he was particularly interested in matters relating to African economic development.

Roblin retired from the Senate on June 17, 1992, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.  He received the President's Award of the Winnipeg Press Club in 1999, and published his memoirs (entitled ''Speaking for Myself'') in the same year.

Roblin, a veteran of World War II who fought in the Normandy Campaign, represented Manitoba at the 60th Anniversary of D-Day in France. He, along with Prince Charles and the Prime Ministers of Canada and France, commemorated the Canadian Servicemen who were lost that day in 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=27116&posted=2004-06-01|title=Province of Manitoba &#124; News Releases &#124; Duff Roblin to Represent Manitoba at D-Day Anniversary Celebrations in France}}</ref>

At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former provincial premier. Roblin died at the age of 92 on the afternoon of May 30, 2010 at the [[Victoria General Hospital (Winnipeg)|Victoria General Hospital]]. Upon his death, former provincial NDP leader [[Ed Schreyer]] said that "Duff Roblin led a Conservative administration the likes we’ve not seen elsewhere in Canada and not likely to see again. It was positive in every respect. He brought Manitoba into the modern era, with desired changes in education, hospital finance, roads, social assistance and flood protection."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Province-loses-tremendous-premier-95241979.html |title=Province loses 'tremendous premier' |work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=May 30, 2010}}</ref>