Rhéal Ernest Richard May 1, 1922 - September 25, 2006 was a Canadian businessman and politician in the Province of New Brunswick. Known by his middle name, Ernest Richard was born and raised in Shippagan, New Brunswick. He was involved in the east-coast fishing industry for many years. He was Director General of Shippagan Cold Storage Ltd.

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  • Rhéal Ernest Richard May 1, 1922 - September 25, 2006 was a Canadian businessman and politician in the Province of New Brunswick. Known by his middle name, Ernest Richard was born and raised in Shippagan, New Brunswick. He was involved in the east-coast fishing industry for many years. He was Director General of Shippagan Cold Storage Ltd. and after that company became a subsidiary of Connors Brothers Limited of Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, he served on the Connors Board of Directors until retiring in 1985. From 1948 to 1957, Ernest Richard served as a Shippagan town councillor and as Mayor from March 1957 to October 1960. In 1948, Richard also entered provincial politics and was elected by acclamation to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the Liberal Party member for Gloucester County. He was reelected in 1952, 1956, 1960, 1963, and again in 1967. In 1960 he was made Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, serving until 1963 when Premier Louis Robichaud appointed him to his Cabinet as the Province's first ever Minister of Fisheries. Richard remained Minister of Fisheries until his retirement from politics in 1970. Ernest Richard was involved in a number of community projects and received the Medal of Merit in 1975 for his many years of service to the Canadian Red Cross. In May 1990, the University of Moncton bestowed an honorary Doctorate in fisheries management.
  • Ernest Richard est un homme politique canadien.
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  • Hotel-Dieu, Tracadie, NB Advisory Committee, Collège Jésus-Marie, Shippagan
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  • 3 daughters
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  • Ernest Richard
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  • Businessman, politician
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  • Edmond Richard & Marie-Anne Paquette
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  • New Department
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  • 1963-1970
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  • Shippagan, New Brunswick
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  • St. Jerome Parish Roman Catholic Cemetery
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  • Flora Thériault
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  • 1948-1970
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  • Rhéal Ernest Richard May 1, 1922 - September 25, 2006 was a Canadian businessman and politician in the Province of New Brunswick. Known by his middle name, Ernest Richard was born and raised in Shippagan, New Brunswick. He was involved in the east-coast fishing industry for many years. He was Director General of Shippagan Cold Storage Ltd.
  • Ernest Richard est un homme politique canadien.
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  • Ernest Richard
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  • Ernest Richard
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