Gideon Robertson

The Hon. Gideon Decker Robertson
Senator for Welland, Ontario
In office January 20, 1917 – August 25, 1933
Appointed by	Robert Borden
Personal details
Born	(1874-08-26)August 26, 1874 Welland County, Ontario, Canada
Died	August 25, 1933(1933-08-25) (aged 58) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Minister Without Portfolio (1917–1918) Minister of Labour (1918–1921 & 1930–1932)

Gideon Decker Robertson, PC (August 26, 1874 – August 25, 1933) was a Canadian Senator and Canadian Cabinet minister.

Robertson was a telegrapher by profession and had links with conservatives in the labour movement. In January 1917, he was appointed to the Senate as a Conservative as a means of bringing in labour representation during the First World War. When Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden formed a Unionist government in October as a means of creating a national government for the war effort, he included Robertson in the cabinet, making him minister without portfolio despite not having a seat in the House of Commons, to represent organised labour.