Édouard Richard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Édouard Richard

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1844

Place of Birth: Princeville, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1904

Profession: politician, historian

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Édouard Richard

  • Édouard-Émery Richard (March 14, 1844 – March 27, 1904) was a Canadian historian and politician. Richard was born in Princeville, Quebec to Louis-Eusèbe Richard and Hermine Prince.
  • After receiving his law degree in 1867, taking courses at both Université Laval and McGill College, Richard began to practice in Arthabaskaville with Wilfrid Laurier.
  • He practiced for several years before being elected to the House of Commons from Mégantic in 1872 and was re-elected in 1874.
  • His health forced him to not seek reelection in the 1878 Canadian Parliamentary elections.
  • Politically, Richard was a liberal protectionist.Richard became the sheriff of the Northwest Territories soon after leaving the House of Commons, and remained in that position until January 1883.
  • After resigning from his post as sheriff, he sought election to the House of Commons again in 1883 in St.
  • Boniface, but was defeated by Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière.
  • Richard sought election once more, in 1889 in Provencher, but Lariviére again defeated him. In between his political posts, Richard was also a fairly successful businessman.
  • Unfortunately, his political campaigns and frequent ill health prevented him from ever amassing substantial wealth.Richard was of Acadian heritage.
  • Following his last failed campaign, Richard returned to Arthabaskaville and began to immerse himself in his heritage.
  • He fervently promoted the Acadian cause, petitioning for an Acadian museum, working on his own research, and even starting a campaign for reparations.
  • An 1893 article in Toronto by Pierce Stevens Hamilton and histories by Francis Parkman and Thomas Beamish Akins spurred Richard to begin his own published history.
  • His work, Acadia, Missing Links of a Lost Chapter in American History, was published in two volumes in 1895.
  • His work was controversial, both for mixing English and French in text and, more significantly, lacking annotations and citations.
  • His book was republished with annotations added by his cousin, Henri d'Arles, from 1916 to 1921.
  • Despite this controversy, his work brought him accolades, including an election to the Royal Society of Canada and an honorary doctorate from Université Laval.
  • In 1897, Richard, who never married, was named the successor to Joseph Marmette as the official Canadian archivist in France.
  • This was his last main work before his death in Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan in 1904.

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