Clovis-Thomas Richard (May 8, 1892 – August 22, 1976) was a
Canadian
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lawyer
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and political figure in the
Province of New Brunswick.
He was born in
South Framingham, Massachusetts
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and raised in
College Bridge,
New Brunswick
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. He was educated at
University of St. Joseph's College
The University of St. Joseph's College was the leading Acadian cultural institution, an Acadian Catholic university in Memramcook, New Brunswick that closed in 1966, when it was amalgamated with two other Catholic Acadian colleges to form the ...
, earning a
BA degree before attending
Dalhousie University
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where he graduated in 1918 with a
Bachelor of Laws
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degree.
Richard was a member of the
Canadian Expeditionary Force
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during
World War I
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. After the war, he practiced law; then, in a 1926
by-election
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A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
to replace
Peter Veniot
Peter John Veniot, (October 4, 1863 – July 6, 1936) was a businessman and newspaper owner and a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He was the first Acadian premier of New Brunswick.
Early life and career
He was born in Richibucto, New Bru ...
who had been elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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in
Ottawa
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, Richard won election to the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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as the
Liberal party
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candidate for the riding of
Gloucester County. He was reelected in
1930
Events
January
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,
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
,
1939
This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
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January
* January 1
** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...
, and
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
.
Richard served as the
Provincial Secretary-Treasurer from July 16, 1935 to January 10, 1940. He left provincial politics in 1945 to successfully run for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as the
Liberal Party of Canada
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candidate in the riding of
Gloucester
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. Reelected in the
1949 Federal election, he served in Ottawa until retiring from politics in 1952.
Electoral record
References
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1892 births
1976 deaths
20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
20th-century Canadian lawyers
Politicians of Acadian descent
St. Joseph's College alumni
Dalhousie University alumni
Lawyers in New Brunswick
Canadian military personnel of World War I
New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
Canadian Roman Catholics
People from Framingham, Massachusetts
People from Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Ministers of finance of New Brunswick
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada