| Claude Richmond | |
| Birth Name: | Claude Harry Richmond |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1935 |
| Office: | 35th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
| Term Start: | June 19, 2001 |
| Term End: | May 16, 2005 |
| Premier: | Gordon Campbell |
| Lieutenant Governor: | Garde Gardom Iona Campagnolo |
| Predecessor: | Bill Hartley |
| Successor: | Bill Barisoff |
| Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
| Constituency Am1: | Kamloops |
| Term Start1: | May 16, 2001 |
| Term End1: | May 12, 2009 |
| Successor1: | Riding Abolished |
| Term Start2: | December 14, 1981 |
| Term End2: | October 17, 1991 |
| Alongside2: | Bud Smith (1986-91) |
| Successor2: | Arthur Charbonneau |
| Office3: | Minister of Tourism of British Columbia |
| Premier3: | Bill Vander Zalm |
| Term Start3: | August 6, 1986 |
| Term End3: | August 14, 1986 |
| Successor3: | William Earl Reid |
| Office4: | Minister of Social Services and Housing of British Columbia |
| Premier4: | Bill Vander Zalm |
| Term Start4: | August 14, 1986 |
| Term End4: | November 1, 1989 |
| Successor4: | Peter Albert Dueck |
| Office5: | Minister of State, Okanagan of British Columbia |
| Premier5: | Bill Vander Zalm |
| Term Start5: | October 22, 1987 |
| Term End5: | July 6, 1988 |
| Office6: | Minister of Tourism of British Columbia |
| Premier6: | Bill Vander Zalm |
| Term Start6: | September 22, 1989 |
| Term End6: | November 1, 1989 |
| Predecessor6: | William Earl Reid |
| Successor6: | Cliff Michael |
| Office7: | Provincial Secretary of British Columbia |
| Premier7: | Bill Vander Zalm |
| Term Start7: | September 22, 1989 |
| Term End7: | November 1, 1989 |
| Predecessor7: | William Earl Reid |
| Successor7: | Howard Leroy Dirks |
| Office8: | Minister of Forests of British Columbia |
| Premier8: | Bill Vander Zalm Rita Johnston |
| Term Start8: | November 1, 1989 |
| Term End8: | November 5, 1991 |
| Predecessor8: | Dave Parker |
| Successor8: | Dan Miller |
| Office9: | Minister of Employment and Income Assistance of British Columbia |
| Premier9: | Gordon Campbell |
| Term Start9: | June 16, 2005 |
| Term End9: | June 23, 2008 |
| Party: | Social Credit Liberal |
Claude Harry Richmond (born August 3, 1935) is a former BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia.[1] He represented the riding of Kamloops from 1981 to 1991 and from 2001 to 2009.
He was first elected as MLA for Kamloops in a by-election in 1981 to replace Rafe Mair. Richmond represented the riding for the Social Credit Party of British Columbia, serving in a variety of cabinet portfolios, until leaving politics in 1991. In his first term from 1981 to 1986, Kamloops was a single-member district; in his second term from 1986 to 1991 it was revised to a dual-member district, and Richmond served alongside Bud Smith.
Richmond served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005, succeeded by Bill Barisoff. He was subsequently appointed the Minister of Employment and Income Assistance.
On May 9, 2008, he announced that he would not stand for re-election in the 2009 provincial election.[2]