Philip Bernard Rynard (25 June 1897 – 20 November 1980) was a

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physician,

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, and politician. Born in

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, he received his medical education at Queen's University. He was a Medical Health Officer for the province of

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and practiced medicine in

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. He first ran unsuccessfully for the

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in the 1953 federal election for the riding of

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. A Progressive Conservative, he was elected in the 1957 election. He was re-elected in

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

, and

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

. He was the physician to

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. Rynard suffered a stroke in February 1980. He died in Orillia that November.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rynard, Philip 1897 births 1980 deaths Physicians from Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Orillia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Queen's University at Kingston alumni

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