Albert Norton Richards
Albert Norton Richards, QC 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, the son of Stephen Richards and Phoebe Buell. He studied law with his brother William Buell Richards and was called to the bar in 1848. Richards practised law in Brockville and in Victoria, British Columbia. He was one of the founders of what is now the Vancouverbased law firm of Richards Buell Sutton.
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