Arthur R. Richardson (May 13, 1862 – January 7, 1936) was a pilot, farmer and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, Canada. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925 as a

Farmer-Labour There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party, or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. These were usually local or provincial groups using the Labour Pa ...

member. He was born in

Sydney, Nova Scotia Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British, was incorporated as a city in 1904, and dissolv ...

, the son of William J. Richardson and Mary Ann Brown. In 1892, he married Frances A. Wyman. He died at South Bar, Sydney at the age of 73.

References

* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1862 births 1936 deaths Members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub