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Walter Alexander Riddell

Canadian clergyman, statesman, and labor specialist
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Aug. 5, 1881, Stratford, Ont., Can.
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July 27, 1963, Toronto (aged 81)
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Walter Alexander Riddell (born Aug. 5, 1881, Stratford, Ont., Can.—died July 27, 1963, Toronto) was a Canadian clergyman, statesman, and labour specialist who helped bring about enactment of such important benefits as employment exchanges, a mother’s allowance, and minimum wages during the deflation following World War I. Riddell was ordained in 1910 and went to work in Reston, Man. In 1912 he made a survey of rural conditions for the state committee, and the following year he was appointed director of social surveys for the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. He became superintendent of the government Trades and Labour Department in ...(100 of 142 words)

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