Anglican ∞1| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased A Father of Confederation |
Performance None |
| Birth | 26 March 1808 → 216 years + 1 month ago |
| Lived | 82 years + 8 months |
| Death | 18 December 1890 → 133 years + 4 months ago |
| Conferences | Confederation conferences attended representing Nova Scotia: ✗ Charlottetown (September 1864) ✗ Québec (October 1864) ✓ London (December 1866) |
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John William Ritchie (1808–1890) © Photo  — Public domain |
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| Family tie with other documented individual | |||||
| ⊖ William J. Almon (1816–1901) | Brother-in-law | | |||
| Well that's interesting! | |||||
| According to the article on Ritchie by Neil J. MacKinnon in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, many leading Nova Scotians exhibited sympathy for the Southern cause in the American Civil War, and Ritchie, a Father of Confederation, was one of them. |
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| Race | 0 | |
| Path point | 0 |
| Documented challenger | |
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| Bilingual references are counted as a single reference. | Retrieved on | |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia John William Ritchie |
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| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne John William Ritchie |
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| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography Ritchie, John William |
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| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Ritchie, John William |
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| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo) The Hon. John William Ritchie, Senator |
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| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo) L'hon. John William Ritchie, sénateur |
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| EN | Wikipedia John William Ritchie |
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