Robert Banman

Robert David "Bob" Banman (born January 10, 1945) is a Canadian politician from the province of Manitoba. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1986, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.

The son of Jacob G. Banman and Barbara Enns, he was born in Winnipeg in 1945

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1973 Manitoba general election, defeating incumbent Liberal Leonard Barkman Following a cabinet shuffle on October 20, 1978, he was named Minister of Fitness, Recreation and Sport and Minister of Cooperative Development, with responsibility for the MDCA. On November 15, 1979, he was also named responsible for the Communities Economic Development Fund and the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation Act (which was retitled the Manitoba Lotteries and Gaming Control Act on January 16, 1981). He did not run for a fourth term as MLA in 1986.