Richard Nixon Berry Explained

Richard Nixon Berry
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1929
Term End1:1934
Predecessor1:Robert Francis Miller
Successor1:Riding abolished
Term Start2:1923
Term End2:1929
Predecessor2:Warren Stringer
Successor2:Robert Francis Miller
Constituency2:Haldimand
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:3 May 1873
Birth Place:Seneca Township, Ontario
Death Place:Hamilton, Ontario
Occupation:Dentist

Richard Nixon Berry (May 3, 1873  - September 17, 1956) was a Canadian dentist and political figure in Ontario. He represented Haldimand in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1926 and from 1929 to 1934 as a Conservative member.[1]

He was born in Seneca township,[2] the son of Nixon Berry and Eliza Jane Hassard. Berry was educated in Caledonia and at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons. In 1904, he married Harriette Esther Hind. Berry served as reeve for Caledonia from 1920 to 1923 and as warden for Haldimand County in 1923.[2] He died in Hamilton in 1956.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Nixon Berry, MPP . Legislative Assembly of Ontario . 2011-06-17.
  2. Book: Normandin, A L. Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931 . 1931 .
  3. News: Deaths . The Globe and Mail . September 18, 1956 . 32.