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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