Claude Sartoris Richardson (11 June 1900 – 22 February 1969) was a

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member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in

Sydney, Nova Scotia Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British, was incorporated as a city in 1904, and disso ...

and became a lawyer by career. He was first elected in a by-election at the

St. Lawrence—St. George St. Lawrence—St. George was a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of St. Antoine and St. Lawrence ridin ...

riding on 8 November 1954 then re-elected there for a full term in the 1957 federal election. Richardson was defeated in the 1958 election by

Egan Chambers Egan Chambers (March 22, 1921 – May 5, 1994) was a Canadian politician. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated at Selwyn House School and Bishop's College School. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 federal ele ...

of the Progressive Conservative party.

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* 1900 births 1969 deaths 20th-century Canadian lawyers Lawyers in Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Sydney, Nova Scotia {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub