Stephen Richards (politician)
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Stephen Richards (c. 1820 – October 4, 1894) was a lawyer and political figure of Ontario, Canada. He represented Niagara in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874.
He was born in Brockville in about 1820 and educated in Toronto. He was called to the bar in 1844. In 1858, he was named Queen's Counsel. 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 of the province from 1867 to 1871 and provincial secretary in 1871. He died in Toronto in 1894.
One of his brothers, William Buell Richards, was the first Chief Justice of Canada. Another, Albert Norton Richards, was a member of the Canadian House of Commons and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
Electoral history
[edit]| 1867 Ontario general election: Leeds South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Benjamin Tett | 1,380 | 50.13 | |||||
| Liberal | Stephen Richards | 1,373 | 49.87 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,753 | 83.96 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,279 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[1] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, December 1867: Niagara Resignation of Donald Robertson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen Richards | 229 | 99.13 | +44.82 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Geale | 2 | 0.87 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 231 | 100.0 | −58.45 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +44.82 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[2]: 230 | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election: Niagara | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen Richards | 277 | 62.25 | −36.88 | ||||
| Liberal | Mr. Ball | 168 | 37.75 | |||||
| Turnout | 445 | 56.98 | +92.64 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 781 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −36.88 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.