Frank Rickard Explained

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.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, A. L. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1941 .