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 ConservativeCharles Elwood Stephenson6,47948.32+3.69
LiberalW. Frank Rickard6,00344.77-10.60
Co-operative CommonwealthWilfrd George Bowles9266.91
1940 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes%±%}
LiberalWilbert Franklin Rickard6,74355.37+7.37
National GovernmentWilliam Ross Strike5,43544.63+0.05
1935 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes%±%}
LiberalWilbert Frank Rickard6,64948.00+4.66
ConservativeFred Wellington Bowen6,17644.58-12.08
ReconstructionR. Rufus Choate Macknight5313.83
Co-operative CommonwealthRalph Sharpe Staples4973.59

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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