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Stephen Richards (politician)
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, Canada
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lawyer and political figure. He represented Niagara in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874.
He was born in Brockville
Brockville, Ontario
Brockville is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Though it serves as the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Brockville is politically independent and is grouped with Leeds and Grenville for census purposes only.Known as the "City of the 1000...
in 1820 and educated in Toronto
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. He was called to the bar in 1844. In 1858, he was named Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
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. He was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1867 by-election after the sitting member resigned. He served as Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Executive Council
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of the province from 1867 to 1871 and provincial secretary
Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario
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in 1871. He died in Toronto in 1894.
One of his brothers, William Buell Richards
William Buell Richards
Sir William Buell Richards, PC, Kt was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Richards was born in Brockville, Upper Canada to Stephen Richards and Phoebe Buell. He earned law degree at the St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York and then articled with his uncle Andrew Norton...
, was first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Another, Albert Norton Richards
Albert Norton Richards
Albert Norton Richards, QC was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Leeds South in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1874...
, was a member of the Canadian House of Commons and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.