- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Baird_Ryckman
- Wiki profile notes:
- Edmond Baird Ryckman, PC (April 15, 1866 – January 11, 1934) was a Canadian politician.
- Born in Huntingdon, Canada East, he moved with his family to Kingston, Canada West, and then Guelph. He was educated at Brantford Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto, and Osgoode Hall. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- From 1930 to 1933, he was the Minister of National Revenue.
- Great Grandson of Proven United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7244
- Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10685131/edmond-baird-ryckman
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