Beresford Richards

Beresford Richards
Member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly
for The Pas
In office
1943–1949
Preceded byJohn Bracken
Succeeded byFrancis Bud Jobin
Personal details
Born(1914-08-26)August 26, 1914
Aiegnmouth, Cornwall, England
DiedMay 1982
Political partyCooperative Commonwealth Federation
Alma materUniversity of Alberta
OccupationMining engineer

Beresford (Berry) Richards (August 26, 1914, Aiegnmouth, Cornwall, England – May 1982) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949. Elected as a candidate of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, he was twice expelled from that party during his tenure in the legislature.[1][2][3]

Richards's father, Beresford Walter Richards, was a member of the Canadian Authors' Association. The younger Richards came to Canada in 1921, and was educated in Athabaska, Alberta and at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering.

  1. ^ "Richards, Beresford Robert". MLA Biographies - Deceased. The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Beresford Robert Richards (1914-1982)". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Manitoba Historical Society. 1947. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Canada: Manitoba: Probably Caviar". Time. March 24, 1947. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.