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Richard Coe Henders
Richard Coe
Henders
was a
Canadian
farmer,
Methodist minister
, and
politician
.
Born in
Yelverton
,
Canada West
, the son of
Henry
Henders and
Frances
Coe, Henders attended
Bowmanville High School
and
Victoria University
in
Cobourg, Ontario
. A
Methodist
minister for
twenty years
, he was a farmer in
Winnipeg
. He was
President
of the
Manitoba Grain Growers' Association
and
Vice-President
of the Canadian
Council of Agriculture
. He was
elected
to the
House of Commons of Canada
for
Macdonald
in
1917
. A
Unionist
, he did not seek re-election in
1921
.
He died in 1932 in Winnipeg.