Edmond Baird Ryckman, PC (April 15, 1866 – January 11, 1934) was a Canadian politician.
The Hon. Edmond Baird Ryckman | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto East | |
| In office 1921–1934 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Edward Kemp |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Langton Church |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 15, 1866 Huntingdon, Canada East |
| Died | January 11, 1934 (aged 67) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Cabinet | Minister of Public Works (1926) Minister of National Revenue (1930–1933) |
His father, E.B. Ryckman, was a Methodist minister. He was educated at Brantford Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto, and Osgoode Hall.[1]
Born in Huntingdon,[1] Canada East, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Toronto East in the 1921 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930.
In 1926, he was the Minister of Public Works in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen; when he accepted the post he resigned his position as president of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company.[1]
From 1930 to 1933, he was the Minister of National Revenue.
| 1921 Canadian federal election: Toronto East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Edmond Baird Ryckman | 5,392 | ||||||
| Progressive | Walter Leigh Rayfield | 3,984 | ||||||
| Independent | Thomas Foster | 3,680 | ||||||
| Labour | John William Bruce | 1,822 | ||||||
| Liberal | Elizabeth Bethune Kiely | 52 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Edmond Baird Ryckman | 17,663 | ||||||
| Liberal | Gerald Farrell | 4,036 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Edmond Baird Ryckman | 13,789 | ||||||
| Liberal | Kathleen Bennett | 3,299 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Edmond Baird Ryckman | 13,423 | ||||||
| Liberal | Robert A. Allen | 6,348 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ a b c "EDMUND B. RYCKMAN BARRISTER, IS DEAD; Former Canadian Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament Since 1921" (PDF). New York Times. 12 January 1934. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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