Albert Norton Richards
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Albert Norton Richards (December 8 1821 – March 6 1897) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Leeds South in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1874. He served as the second Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1876 to 1881.
He was born in Brockville in Upper Canada in 1821. He studied law with his brother William Buell and was called to the bar in 1848. In 1863, he was named Queen's Counsel. He was elected to the 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada in 1863, but was defeated in 1864 when he accepted the post of Solicitor General for Canada West and so was required to run again for the same seat. In 1867, he was narrowly defeated by John Willoughby Crawford in Leeds South and he was elected in 1872. In 1869, he was named Attorney General in the provisional government of the Northwest. In 1874, he moved to British Columbia. On June 27 1876, he was sworn in as lieutenant governor there. After his term as lieutenant governor, he returned to Ontario for three years, then went back to Victoria and practiced law there. He died in Victoria in 1897.
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- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
- History of Leeds and Grenville, TWH Leavitt (1879)
| Preceded by: Joseph William Trutch | British Columbia lieutenant-governor 1876-1881 | Succeeded by: Clement Francis Cornwall |
