Richard Stuart Lake

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Sir Richard Stuart Lake, KCMG (* 10). July 1860 in Preston, Lancashire, England; † April 23, 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia was a Canadian politician. From 1905 to 1911 he was a Conservative MP in the House of Commons, from 1915 to 1921 Deputy Governor of Saskatchewan Province.

Biography
Lake, the son of an officer, grew up in the county of Westmorland in the village of Milnthorpe. He was from 1878 civil servant in the service of the British Navy and stationed in this function in Cyprus. In 1883 he emigrated together with his brother to the then northwest territories, the parents moved a year later. Lake worked there as Vice President of the Wheat Farmers Association and as Justice of the Peace. Apart from a five-month break, he represented the Grenfell constituency in the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly from 1898 to 1903.

In the 1904 election, Lake successfully ran for the Conservatives in the Qu’Appelle constituency. After he was able to defend his seat in 1908 with 50.3% of the vote, he lost in the general election in 1911 similarly close to the liberal candidate. He then worked for the Public Service Commission, the Personnel Commission of Saskatchewan Province. Prince Arthur swore in Lake on October 18, 1915 as Deputy Governor of Saskatchewan. He held this representative office until 17 February 1921. For his services as chairman of the Saskatchewan Red Cross Section during World War I, he was knighted in 1918.

Lake turned down a second term as vice governor and moved to Victoria, where he continued to champion the Red Cross. Returning from a trip to Britain, he was on the 3rd. September 1939 on board the Athenia, when the ship was torpedoed by a German submarine. Lake survived the incident.

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Biography in the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

Deputy Governor (Saskatchewan)
Representative of the lower house (Canada)
Member of the Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
Person (Canadian Red Cross)
Canadians
Born in 1860
Died in 1950
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