15-481: Riddell may refer to: Riddell (surname) , with a list of people so named Clan Riddell , a Lowland Scottish clan Riddell baronets , three baronetcies created for people with the surname Riddell Sports Group , an American sports equipment company See also [ edit ] Riddel (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-755: A provincial fundraising committee in a bid to keep the Ontario Agriculture Museum in Milton open, after its funding from the provincial government was slashed. He was president of the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame Association from 2003 to 2004 and was also president of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists. Riddell was inducted into the Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame on June 11, 2017. Two years later, his family established
45-615: A scholarship in his honour for seniors in the Avon Maitland District School Board who demonstrate "academic and leadership skills in their community" and will study agriculture in Canada. Riddell was married to Leone Bryan for almost three decades until 1981. Together, they had five children and lived on a farm in Exeter, Ontario , from 1967 onwards. After they divorced, he married Anita Morta, who worked as his secretary at
60-621: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Jack Riddell John Keith Riddell (December 10, 1931 – January 23, 2024) was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He served as a Member of the Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1973 to 1990, representing Huron and Huron—Middlesex for the provincial Liberal Party . He was also Minister of Agriculture and Food from 1985 to 1989 in
75-526: The Farm Practices Protection Act – in an attempt to protect farmers against urban incursion and related matters. Easily re-elected again in the 1987 provincial election , he remained agriculture minister until August 2, 1989, when he was replaced by David Ramsay . Riddell announced in June 1990 that he was not going to run for re-election in the snap election that September . At the time, he
90-563: The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) over its efforts to establish a funding mechanism for general farm groups and amend the farm property tax rebate program. The OFA also disputed Riddell's statement to the legislative assembly that the government was adequately consulting the farm sector on the latter issue. Riddell was on the traditionalist, right-of-centre faction of the Liberal Party and represented agricultural interests in
105-509: The surname Riddell . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Riddell_(surname)&oldid=1212199113 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Lowland Scottish origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
120-517: The Ontario Family Farm Interest Rate Reduction program to lower interest payments (which were more than 20%), and also created over 30 new programs for farmers. He expressed his concern that the 1988 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement would be detrimental to farmers in Ontario, estimating that they could lose C$ 95 million, as well as lower food quality. During his tenure as minister, he frequently clashed with
135-2149: The Victorian period Chris Riddell (born 1962), British illustrator, cartoonist and writer of children's books Clay Riddell (1937-2018), Canadian billionaire, founder and CEO of Paramount Resources Derek Riddell (born 1967), Scottish television actor Don Riddell (born 1972), English news anchor and sports journalist Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998), Australian poet and journalist Gary Riddell (1966–1989), Scottish footballer George Riddell, 1st Baron Riddell (1865–1934), British solicitor, newspaper proprietor George W. Riddell , Pinkerton labor spy Hannah Riddell (1855–1932), English woman founded Hansen's disease hospital in Japan Harriet Riddell (born 1990), British artist Jack Riddell (1931–2024), Canadian politician James Riddell (disambiguation) , multiple people Jim Riddell , New Zealand rugby player John Riddell (disambiguation) , multiple people Mark Riddell (born 1981), Australian rugby player Mike Riddell (born 1953), New Zealand writer Neil Riddell (born 1947), English cricketer Norman Riddell (1887–1918), English footballer Peter Riddell , British journalist and author Rachel Riddell (born 1984), Canadian water polo player Ray Riddell (born 1919), Australian football player Richard Riddell , American lighting designer Robert Riddell (1755–1794), Laird of Friar's Carse, friend of Robert Burns Rosemary Riddell , New Zealand actor, film director and judge Victor Riddell (1905–1976), English cricketer Walter Alexander Riddell (1881–1963), Canadian civil servant and diplomat William Riddell (1807–1847), Roman Catholic bishop William Glendinning Riddell (1865–1957), magistrate in New Zealand W. J. B. Riddell aka Brownlow Riddell (1899-1976), Scottish ophthalmologist William Renwick Riddell (1852–1945), Canadian lawyer, judge, and historian [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
150-765: The 💕 Riddell as a surname may refer to: Riddell baronets Henry Scott Riddell (1798–1870), Scottish poet and songwriter Archibald Riddell (minister) , 17th-century Presbyterian minister in Scotland and America Archibald Riddell (politician) (1864–1945), Canadian farmer and politician Alan Riddell , Canadian labour relations lawyer Alastair Riddell , glam rock musician from New Zealand Arthur George Riddell (1836–1907), Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton Campbell Drummond Riddell (1796–1858), Australian Colonial public servant Carol Anne Riddell , education reporter and co-anchor for WNBC-TV news Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906), writer of
165-590: The government of David Peterson . Riddell was born in London, Ontario , on December 10, 1931. He was educated at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph , and worked as a high school teacher, livestock sales owner, and operator-auctioneer. Riddell was first elected to the Ontario legislature in a by-election on March 16, 1973, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Don Southcott by 2,968 votes in
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#1732858507313180-516: The legislature. He apologized to the legislative assembly in July 1985, after opining that Larry Grossman (who was Jewish and running to be leader of the Progressive Conservatives) would find it challenging to garner support in rural Ontario because "there still is a racist feeling" in those areas, but resisted calls to resign. Two years later, Riddell tabled a private "right-to-farm" bill –
195-489: The riding of Huron . He was re-elected by somewhat narrower margins in the elections of 1975 , 1977 , and 1981 , in the redistributed riding of Huron—Middlesex . The Liberals formed a minority government following the 1985 provincial election , after having been out of power for 42 years. Riddell, re-elected without difficulty, was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Food on June 26, 1985, succeeding Ross Stevenson . In that capacity, Riddell helped establish
210-464: The title Riddell . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Riddell&oldid=833975085 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Riddell (surname) From Misplaced Pages,
225-495: Was the second-longest serving Liberal MPP after Robert Nixon , having spent 17 years in the provincial legislature. After retiring from politics, Riddell intended to serve in a new ambassadorial post to instruct American lawmakers on the complexities of agriculture in the province, which was to be established by Premier David Peterson before the Liberals' unexpected defeat in the 1990 election. In September 1996, Riddell co-chaired
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