Edmond Baird Ryckman, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (April 15, 1866 – January 11, 1934) was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Huntingdon

Huntingdon, Quebec

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, Canada East

Canada East

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, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the riding of Toronto East

Toronto East

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 in the 1921 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1921

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. A Conservative

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, he was re-elected in 1925

Canadian federal election, 1925

The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...

, 1926

Canadian federal election, 1926

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, and 1930

Canadian federal election, 1930

The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada...

. In 1926, he was the Minister of Public Works in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen

Arthur Meighen

Arthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...

. From 1930 to 1933, he was the Minister of National Revenue.

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