Wilbert Franklin Rickard (7 January 1884 – 19 January 1975) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in Clarke Township, Ontario and became a farmer by career. Rickard attended public and secondary schools at

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. 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

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. Rickard was defeated by Charles Elwood Stephenson of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1945 election.

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* 1884 births 20th-century Canadian farmers Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario People from Clarington 1975 deaths 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Farmers from Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub