Stephen Richards (1820 – October 4, 1894) was a lawyer and political figure of

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. He represented

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in the

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as a

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member from 1867 to 1874. He was born in

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in 1820 and educated in

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. He was called to the bar in 1844. In 1858, he was named

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. He was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1867 by-election after the sitting member resigned. He served as Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Executive Council of the province from 1867 to 1871 and provincial secretary in 1871. He died in Toronto in 1894. One of his brothers,

William Buell Richards Sir William Buell Richards (May 2, 1815 – January 26, 1889) was the first Chief Justice of Canada. Richards was born in Brockville, Upper Canada, to Stephen Richards and Phoebe Buell. He earned law degree at the St. Lawrence Academy in Po ...

, was the first

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. Another,

Albert Norton Richards Albert Norton Richards, (December 8, 1821 – March 6, 1897) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Leeds South in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1874. He served as the second Lieutena ...

, was a member of the Canadian House of Commons and

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External links

Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

''The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1874'', HJ Morgan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Stephen 1820 births 1894 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Treasurers of the Law Society of Upper Canada Provincial Secretaries of Ontario People from Brockville Canadian King's Counsel