Frank Rickard | |
Birthname: | Wilbert Franklin Rickard |
Birth Date: | 1884 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Clarke Township, Ontario, Canada |
Spouse: | Staples m. 13 September 1911 Clara E. Moffat m. 9 September 1936[1] |
Riding: | Durham |
Predecessor: | Fred Wellington Bowen |
Successor: | Charles Elwood Stephenson |
Term Start: | October 1935 |
Term End: | June 1945 |
Profession: | Farmer |
Party: | Liberal |
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.
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.