MOTHERWELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-05-23 published
Died
This
Day -- William Richard
MOTHERWELL, 1943
Friday, May 23, 2003 - Page R9
Agrarian, politician born at Perth, Canada West, on January 6,
1860; early homesteader in Saskatchewan; in 1901, co-founded
Territorial Grain Growers' Association to legislate against monopolistic
practices of elevator companies and Canadian Pacific Railway
in 1905, appointed Saskatchewan's first minister of agriculture
tireless advocate of modern farming techniques and agrarian education
in 1918, resigned in opposition to provincial support of conscription
from 1921 to 1930, served twice as federal minister of agriculture
under Mackenzie
KING; died in Regina.
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