Robert Edwy Ryerson

Robert Edwy Ryerson
Member of Parliament
for Brantford City
In office
October 1925  October 1935
Preceded by riding created
Succeeded by William Ross Macdonald
Personal details
Born Robert Edwy Ryerson
(1865-08-12)12 August 1865
Brant County, Canada West
Died 12 October 1958(1958-10-12) (aged 93)
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Elizabeth E. Dowling
m. 21 August 1896[1]
Profession grocer, merchant

Robert Edwy Ryerson (12 August 1865 12 October 1958) was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Brant County, Canada West and became a grocer and merchant.

Ryerson attended public school at Brantford. He became an associate manager of grocery firm Ryerson Brothers and served three terms as a Brantford alderman.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Brantford City riding in the 1925 general election and re-elected there in 1926 and 1930. Ryerson was defeated in the 1935 federal election by William Ross Macdonald of the Liberal party.

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, A.L. (1932). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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