Richard Tyrwhitt was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Simcoe County

Simcoe County, Ontario

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, Canada West, the son of William Tyrwhitt, he was educated in Barrie

Barrie, Ontario

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 and also privately tutored. Tyrwhitt became a farmer in Bradford

Bradford, Ontario

Bradford is the primary country urban area of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, in Canada. It overlooks a beautiful and prosperous farming community, known as The Holland Marsh, located on the Holland River that flows into Lake Simcoe...

. In 1870, he married Emma Whitaker.

Tyrwhitt was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the Ontario electoral district of Simcoe South

Simcoe South

Simcoe South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925, and from 1979 to 1988. It was located north of Toronto in the province of Ontario...

 in a 1882 by-election held after the death of the sitting MP, William Carruthers Little

William Carruthers Little

William Carruthers Little was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Simcoe South in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal-Conservative from 1867 to 1881....

. A Conservative

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, he was re-elected at the general elections of 1882

Canadian federal election, 1882

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, 1887

Canadian federal election, 1887

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, 1891

Canadian federal election, 1891

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, and 1896

Canadian federal election, 1896

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. He died while in office in 1900. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 36th Peel Battalion of Infantry, now part of The Lorne Scots. He served during the North-West Rebellion

North-West Rebellion

The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada...

 and the Fenian raids

Fenian raids

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