Robert Abercrombie Pringle

Robert Abercrombie Pringle (December 15, 1855 – January 9, 1922) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Robert Abercrombie Pringle
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Stormont
In office
1904–1908
Preceded byDistrict was created in 1903
Succeeded byRobert Smith
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Cornwall and Stormont
In office
1900–1904
Preceded byJohn Goodall Snetsinger
Succeeded byDistrict was abolished in 1903
Personal details
Born(1855-12-15)December 15, 1855
Cornwall, Canada West
DiedJanuary 9, 1922(1922-01-09) (aged 66)
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal

Born in Cornwall, Canada West, the son of J. F. Pringle and Isabella Fraser, Pringle was educated in public and high schools and Queen's University. A lawyer, he was treasurer of the town of Cornwall. A Conservative in politics, he served in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1908.

He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Cornwall and Stormont in the 1900 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1904 election but was defeated in 1908.

During the 1907 financial panic, Pringle wrote a criticism of the Canadian banking System. Another MP, banker Robert Bickerdike, took him to task, and put such pressure on him through negative articles in the media of the time that Pringle backed down. The next time the bank charters were renewed, instead of addressing the laxness of regulation that had led to the panic, several changes were made to suit the bankers.[1](The later collapse of the Home bank demonstrated the need for tightening of regulation of the banks.)

References
Specific
  1. R.C. Owens, Daylight on the Money and Banking Questions and other Problems (1922), p. 13-14
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