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Robert Edwy Ryerson

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Canadian politician

Robert Edwy Ryerson
Member of Parliament
for Brantford City
In office
October 1925 – October 1935
Preceded byriding created
Succeeded byWilliam Ross Macdonald
Personal details
BornRobert Edwy Ryerson
(1865-08-12)12 August 1865
Brant County, Canada West
Died12 October 1958(1958-10-12) (aged 93)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Elizabeth E. Dowling
m. 21 August 1896
ProfessionGrocer, merchant

Robert Edwy Ryerson (12 August 1865 – 12 October 1958) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Brant County, Canada West and became a grocer and merchant.

Ryerson attended public school at Brantford. He became an associate manager of grocery firm Ryerson Brothers and served three terms as a Brantford alderman.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Brantford City riding in the 1925 general election and re-elected there in 1926 and 1930. Ryerson was defeated in the 1935 federal election by William Ross Macdonald of the Liberal party.

References

  1. ^ Normandin, A.L. (1932). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.

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