Edmond Baird Ryckman

The Hon.
Edmond Baird Ryckman
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Toronto East
In office
1921–1934
Preceded byAlbert Edward Kemp
Succeeded byThomas Langton Church
Personal details
Born(1866-04-15)April 15, 1866
Huntingdon, Canada East
DiedJanuary 11, 1934(1934-01-11) (aged 67)
Political partyConservative
CabinetMinister of Public Works (1926)
Minister of National Revenue (1930–1933)

Edmond Baird Ryckman, PC (April 15, 1866 – January 11, 1934) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Huntingdon,[1] Canada East, he moved with his family to Kingston, Canada West, and then Guelph.[2] He was educated at Brantford Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto, and Osgoode Hall.[1] His father, E.B. Ryckman, was a Methodist minister.

After graduating from law school, Ryckman formed the commercial and corporate law firm Ryckman, Kirkpatrick, Kerr and MacInnes, which represented Canadian companies including Molson Bank.[2]

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Toronto East in the 1921 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930.[2]

In 1926, he was the Minister of Public Works in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen; when he accepted the post he resigned his position as president of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company.[1]

From 1930 to 1933, he was the Minister of National Revenue.

1921 Canadian federal election: Toronto East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Edmond Baird Ryckman 5,392
Progressive Walter Leigh Rayfield 3,984
  Independent Thomas Foster 3,680
  Labour John William Bruce 1,822
  Liberal Elizabeth Bethune Kiely 52
1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Edmond Baird Ryckman 17,663
  Liberal Gerald Farrell 4,036
1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Edmond Baird Ryckman 13,789
  Liberal Kathleen Bennett 3,299
1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Edmond Baird Ryckman 13,423
  Liberal Robert A. Allen 6,348
  1. ^ a b c "EDMUND B. RYCKMAN BARRISTER, IS DEAD; Former Canadian Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament Since 1921" (PDF). New York Times. 12 January 1934. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "RYCKMAN, EDWARD BAIRD". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 2024-07-27.