Richard Edward Victor Sutton (March 31, 1901 - 1982) was a

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politician, who represented York—Scarborough in the

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from 1955 to 1963 as a Progressive Conservative member.

Background

Sutton was born in Lindsay, Ontario to James L. Lindsay and Lila Edwards. Sutton was married, in 1943, to Margherita May Hodgson (1900 - 1985), who, in turn, was related to three other Members of Provincial Parliament, Ronald Glen Hodgson, Louis Hodgson and

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Politics

Sutton was elected in the newly created riding of York-Scarborough, which comprised all of

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, twice defeating the Liberal candidate, Scarborough reeve Oliver E. Crockford. The population of the Township increased so much, between 1955 and 1963, that it was further subdivided in four ridings for the 1963 provincial general election, making Sutton the only MPP to ever represent the riding. He served as a backbench member of a succession of PC majority governments led by Premiers

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and then

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. He did not serve in Cabinet, but he was a member of up to ten Standing Committees of the Legislative Assembly, simultaneously, with a particular interest in committees dealing with municipal law, agriculture, education and conservation.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Richard Edward 1982 deaths 1901 births Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario