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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Hon.
| name             = Edmond Baird Ryckman
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| constituency_MP  = [[Toronto East (federal electoral district)|Toronto East]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = [[Albert Edward Kemp]]
| successor        = [[Thomas Langton Church]]
| term_start       = 1921
| term_end         = 1934
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1866|04|15}}
| birth_place      = [[Huntingdon, Quebec|Huntingdon]], [[Canada East]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1934|01|11|1866|04|15}}
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| party            = [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
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| cabinet          = Minister of Public Works (1926)<br />Minister of National Revenue (1930–1933)
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'''Edmond Baird Ryckman''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (April 15, 1866 &ndash; January 11, 1934) was a [[Canadian]] politician.

Born in [[Huntingdon, Quebec|Huntingdon]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Canada East]], he moved with his family to [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Canada West]], and then [[Guelph]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=RYCKMAN, EDWARD BAIRD |url=http://brixton51.biographi.ca/en/bio/9157?revision_id=36112 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Dictionary of Canadian Biography}}</ref> He was educated at [[Brantford Collegiate Institute]], the [[University of Toronto]], and [[Osgoode Hall Law School|Osgoode Hall]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/01/12/95026099.pdf|title=EDMUND B. RYCKMAN BARRISTER, IS DEAD; Former Canadian Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament Since 1921.|date=12 January 1934|work=New York Times|access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":1" />

He was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for the riding of [[Toronto East (federal electoral district)|Toronto East]] in the [[1921 Canadian federal election|1921 federal election]]. A [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]], he was re-elected in [[1925 Canadian federal election|1925]], [[1926 Canadian federal election|1926]], and [[1930 Canadian federal election|1930]].<ref name=":1" />

In 1926, he was the [[List of Canadian Ministers of Public Works|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 Tyres|Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company]].<ref name=":0" />

From 1930 to 1933, he was the [[List of Canadian Ministers of National Revenue|Minister of National Revenue]].
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{{1925 Canadian federal election/Toronto East}}
{{1926 Canadian federal election/Toronto East}}
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== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://biographi.ca/en/bio/ryckman_edmond_baird_16E.html RYCKMAN, EDMOND BAIRD] in the [http://biographi.ca/en/ ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'']{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11322}}

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[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs]]
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[[Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada]]
[[Category:Politicians from Montérégie]]
[[Category:Anglophone Quebec people]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]


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