Edmond Baird Ryckman, PC (April 15, 1866 – January 11, 1934) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Huntingdon,^[1] Canada East, he moved with his family to Kingston, Canada West, and then Guelph.^[2] He was educated at Brantford Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto, and Osgoode Hall.^[1] His father, E.B. Ryckman, was a Methodist minister.

After graduating from law school, Ryckman formed the commercial and corporate law firm Ryckman, Kirkpatrick, Kerr and MacInnes, which represented Canadian companies including Molson Bank.^[2]

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Toronto East in the 1921 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930.^[2]

In 1926, he was the Minister of Public Works in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen; when he accepted the post he resigned his position as president of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company.^[1]

From 1930 to 1933, he was the Minister of National Revenue.

References

External links

• Glassford, Larry A. (2024). "Ryckman, Edmond Baird". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XVI (1931–1940) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
• Edmond Baird Ryckman – Parliament of Canada biography

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