Richard Coe Henders | |
Constituency Mp: | Macdonald |
Parliament: | Canada |
Predecessor: | Alexander Morrison |
Successor: | William James Lovie |
Term Start: | March 18, 1918 |
Term End: | November 4, 1921 |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1853 |
Birth Place: | Yelverton, Canada West |
Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Spouse: | Caroline S. Higgins |
Party: | Unionist |
Richard Coe Henders (July 6, 1853 - May 2, 1932) was a Canadian farmer, Methodist minister, and politician.
Born in Yelverton, Canada West, the son of Henry Henders and Frances Coe, Henders attended Bowmanville High School and Victoria University in Cobourg, Ontario. A Methodist minister for twenty years, he was a farmer in Winnipeg. He was President of the Manitoba Grain Growers' Association and Vice-President of the Canadian Council of Agriculture. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Macdonald in 1917. A Unionist, he did not seek re-election in 1921.
He died in 1932 in Winnipeg.[1]