About Robert Dawson Robert MacGregor Dawson (1895-1958) was a Canadian political scientist and academic at the University of Toronto and author of the classic text, The Government of Canada. Books by Robert Dawson The Conscription Crisis of 1944 by (author) Robert Dawson William Lyon Mackenzie King, Volume 1, 1874-1923 A Political Biography by (author) Robert Dawson The Public Library A Photographic Essay by (photographer) Robert Dawson W L Mackenzie King Volume I, 1874-1923 A Political Biography: Kingsmere Edition by (author) Robert Dawson