Beresford Richards, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Beresford Richards

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1914

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1982

Profession: engineer, politician, mining engineer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Beresford (Berry) Richards (August 26, 1914, Aiegnmouth, Cornwall, England – May 1982) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949.
Elected as a candidate of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, he was twice expelled from that party during his tenure in the legislature.Richards's father, Beresford Walter Richards, was a member of the Canadian Authors' Association.
The younger Richards came to Canada in 1921, and was educated in Athabaska, Alberta and at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering.