Udney Richardson Explained

Udney Richardson
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1911
Term End1:1919
Predecessor1:James J. Craig
Successor1:Albert Hellyer
Constituency1:Wellington East
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:1869
Birth Place:West Garafraxa, Canada West
Death Date:December 28, 1943
Death Place:Elora, Ontario

Udney Richardson (1869 - 1943) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Wellington East from 1911 to 1919 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.[1]

Prior to his election to the legislature, Richardson served as reeve of Elora, Ontario.[1] He was later reelected to that office,[2] and was an owner of the local mill.[3]

Notes and References

  1. "Nominated for East Wellington: Reeve Richardson of Elora the Liberal Candidate". The Globe and Mail, March 7, 1911.
  2. http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/comments/columns.cfm?articleID=1000001404 "Work was abandoned on new Elora factory in 1930"
  3. http://wellingtonadvertiser.com/comments/columns.cfm?articleID=1000001453 "County firefighters prevented several conflagrations in summer of 1929"