Frank Rickard
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.
Frank Rickard | |
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 Rickard, c. 1940 | |
| 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 (aged 91) |
| 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 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
- Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
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