Famous People with Name Richard

Richard Nash Elliott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Nash Elliott: was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.He served as member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1905 to 1909. City attorney of Connersville,1905-1909. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1916. He served as chair of the Rep

Richard Lowell Roudebush            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Lowell Roudebush: was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.He served in the United States Army from November 18, 1941, to August 12, 1944, as a demolition specialist for the Ordnance Department in Middle Eastern, North African, and Italian Campaigns. He was a farmer and a pa

Richard Howard Stallings            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Howard Stallings: represented the Idaho Second District in the House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. Stallings also served in several other state and local political offices over the course of a 22-year political career. Stallings was the Democratic nominee for the U

Richard T. Moore            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard T. Moore: is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts and a member of the Massachusetts State Senate. He was first elected to the Massachusetts State Senate on April 23, 1996, and he currently serves as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. He

Richard H. Austin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard H. Austin: was the first African American to hold a state-wide elected position in Michigan. Austin served as the Michigan Secretary of State.He served as a delegate for the Wayne County 6th District to the constitutional convention that produced the 1962 Michigan C

Monique Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Monique Richard: is a Quebec politician. She is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the district of Marguerite-D'Youville. She was elected in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Parti Québécois and served as president of that party from 2005 to 2008.

Édouard-Émery Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Édouard-Émery Richard: was a Canadian historian and politician. He practiced for several years before being elected to the House of Commons from Megantic 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.

Joseph-Adolphe Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Adolphe Richard: was a Liberal Member of the Canadian House of Commons. Richard ran as a Liberal candidate in the provincial district of Saint-Maurice in the 1944 election. He received 23% of the vote and finished third, behind Marc Trudel of the Union Nationale and René Hamel of the Bloc populaire.In the 1949 election, Richard successfully ran as a Liberal candidate for the federal district of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche, against Hamel, who was the incumbent. He was re-elected in 1953, 1957 and 1958, but remained a backbencher.

Clément Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clément Richard: is a lawyer, businessman and former political figure in Quebec. He represented Montmorency in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1976 to 1985. Richard was called to the Quebec bar in 1965. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1973, losing to Marcel Bédard. Richard served as President of the National Assembly from 1976 to 1980. He was a member of the Quebec cabinet, serving as Minister of Communications from 1980 to 1981 and Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1981 to 1985. Richard did not run for reelection in 1985. He was a vice-president for Lavalin and then president/director general for Lavalin Communications from 1986 to 1991. Richard was president and founder of MétéoMédia, Expotech Imax and the Quebec book publishing company Mondia. He served on the administrative council for Place des Arts, serving as president of the council from 1995 to 2002, and was also a member of the executive committee for the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.

Bernard Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bernard Richard: is a Canadian social worker, lawyer, and politician in the Province of New Brunswick.The Progressive Conservative government of Bernard Lord had won a bare majority in 2003, winning 28 of 55 seats and were anxious to strengthen their position. After first attempting to convince a Liberal to sit as speaker and then offering cabinet positions and other appointments to several Liberals, Richard accepted the post of provincial ombudsman, thus resigning his seat and increasing the Tory majority to 28/54 for the ensuing year before a by-election was held.