Robert Edwy Ryerson

Politician

1865 – 1958

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Who was Robert Edwy Ryerson?

Robert Edwy Ryerson was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. 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.

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Born
Aug 12, 1865
Brant
Died
Oct 12, 1958

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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