Frank Rickard

Frank Rickard
Rickard, c. 1940
Member of Parliament
for Durham
In office
October 1935 – June 1945
Preceded byFred Wellington Bowen
Succeeded byCharles Elwood Stephenson
Personal details
Born
Wilbert Franklin Rickard

(1884-01-07)7 January 1884
Clarke Township, Ontario, Canada
Died19 January 1975(1975-01-19) (aged 91)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Staples
m. 13 September 1911
Clara E. Moffat
m. 9 September 1936[1]
ProfessionFarmer

Wilbert Franklin 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.

Rickard attended public and secondary schools at Newcastle. He served as a regional reeve for Clarke Township, Ontario and in 1933 was warden for Northumberland 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.

Electoral record

1945 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Progressive Conservative Charles Elwood Stephenson 6,479 48.32 +3.69
Liberal W. Frank Rickard 6,003 44.77 -10.60
Co-operative Commonwealth Wilfrd George Bowles 926 6.91
1940 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal Wilbert Franklin Rickard 6,743 55.37 +7.37
National Government William Ross Strike 5,435 44.63 +0.05
1935 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal Wilbert Frank Rickard 6,649 48.00 +4.66
Conservative Fred Wellington Bowen 6,176 44.58 -12.08
Reconstruction R. Rufus Choate Macknight 531 3.83
Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Sharpe Staples 497 3.59

References

  1. ^ a b Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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