Gordon Ritchie

William Gordon Ritchie (27 September 1918 – 20 November 1998) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He studied MB ChB medicine at the University of St Andrews School of Medicine. He was a surgeon and physician by career.

Gordon Ritchie
Member of Parliament
for Dauphin
In office
1968–1980
Preceded byElmer Forbes
Succeeded byLaverne Lewycky
Personal details
Born
William Gordon Ritchie

(1918-09-27)27 September 1918
Dauphin, Manitoba
Died20 November 1998(1998-11-20) (aged 80)
Dauphin, Manitoba
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Alma materUniversity of St. Andrews
ProfessionSurgeon, physician

Ritchie represented the Dauphin electoral district where he won office in the 1968 federal election. He was re-elected in 1972, 1974 and 1979. After serving successive terms from the 28th to the 31st Canadian Parliaments, Ritchie left federal politics in 1980 and did not campaign in that year's national elections.

Ritchie also made one early unsuccessful attempt to win the Dauphin seat in the 1957 federal election.

He died in 1998 at Dauphin.[1][2]

References
  1. "Sneath Strilchuk Funeral Services | Funeral Home Roblin Dauphin Ste Rose McCreary MB".
  2. "Deaths" (PDF). CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. 160 (7): 1107. 1999. PMC 1249459.


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