Frank Rickard
Wilbert Franklin (Frank) Rickard (7 January 1884 – 19 January 1975) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Clarke Township, Ontario and became a farmer by career.
Frank Rickard | |
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Member of Parliament for Durham | |
In office October 1935 – June 1945 | |
Preceded by | Fred Wellington Bowen |
Succeeded by | Charles Elwood Stephenson |
Personal details | |
Born | Wilbert Franklin Rickard 7 January 1884 Clarke Township, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 19 January 1975 91) | (aged
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Staples m. 13 September 1911 Clara E. Moffat m. 9 September 1936[1] |
Profession | farmer |
Rickard attended public and secondary schools at Newcastle. He served as a regional reeve for Clarke Township, Ontario and in 1933 was warden for Northmberland and Dufferin.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Durham riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there in 1940. Rickard was defeated by Charles Elwood Stephenson of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1945 election.
References
- Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
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