Robert Allen

Robert Aloysius Allen (April 21, 1888 – August 21, 1969) was a Canadian businessman and politician in Ontario. He was a Liberal member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1937 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Riverdale. He ran unsuccessfully for the Toronto East seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1930 as a Liberal, losing to Conservative Edmond Baird Ryckman.

In the 1934 provincial election, he ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Riverdale. He defeated incumbent Conservative candidate George Oakley by 535 votes. He served as a backbench supporter of Premier Mitchell Hepburn. In the 1937 election, he was defeated by Conservative candidate William Summerville by 2,761 votes.