James Richardson & Sons
James Richardson & Sons Limited is a privately held Canadian corporation owning companies in several industries including agriculture.
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| Type | Privately Held |
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| Industry | Agriculture, Food Production, Oil, Financial, Insurance, Logistics |
| Founded | 1857 |
| Headquarters | Richardson Building, , |
| Products | Food Production, Petroleum |
| Subsidiaries |
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| Website | James Richardson & Son Limited |
Subsidiaries
Richardson International
Richardson International Limited is a Canadian agricultural business in the agriculture and food processing sectors. The company handles and merchandises foods globally.[1]
Tundra Oil & Gas
Tundra Oil & Gas Limited is an oil producer based Manitoba. The company products around 27,000 barrels of Crude oil per day.[2]
Kingston Midstream
Kingston Midstream Limited is a midstream oil and gas company providing storage, rail and marketing services for petroleum products. The company was founded in 2005.[3]
Richardson Financial Group / Richardson GMP
Richardson Financial Group Limited is a Canadian financial services company. The company has significant ownership interests in Richardson GMP.[4]
Richardson GMP is a Canadian independent wealth management firm.[5]
Wynward Insurance
Wynward Insurance is an Insurance provider available in all 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada.[6]
Richardson Centre Limited
Richardson Centre Limited is the company that owns and maintains the Richardson Building, the headquarters of James Richardson & Sons Limited.[7]
History
The Richardson family has been synonymous with the grain industry in western Canada from the early days of European settlement to the present. James Richardson came to Canada from Ireland in 1822 or 1823.[8] He started in Kingston, Ontario with a tailor shop, and when he took payment in grain, he was forced into the grain business. He gave up his tailor shop, and with his two sons formed James Richardson and Sons in 1857.
The first Richardson elevator was built at Kingston in 1882, and another at Neepawa, Manitoba in 1890.
James Richardson was the first to arrange the first shipment of wheat from western Canada through the lake system to Liverpool, England in 1883.
In 1912, James Armstrong Richardson Sr. became Vice-President, becoming President in 1919 of his grandfather's company.
In 1925, at Moose Jaw, James Richardson & Sons established a radio station with the call sign CJRM.[9] The radio business was exited in the 1940s. This station is now 620 CKRM in Regina.
Western Canada Airways was formed in 1926 by James Armstrong Richardson Sr. Western Canada Airways merged into Canadian Airways in 1930.[10]
James Armstrong Richardson was a Canadian Cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau.
George T. Richardson led the company through many large changes.[11]
References
- "Richardson International Limited". James Richardson & Sons, Limited. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- "Tundra Oil & Gas Limited". James Richardson & Sons, Limited. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- "Tundra Energy Marketing Limited". James Richardson & Sons, Limited. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- "Richardson Financial Group Limited". James Richardson & Sons, Limited. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- "Richardson GMP Limited". James Richardson & Sons, Limited. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- "Wynward Insurance Group". James Richardson & Sons, Limited. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- "Richardson Centre Limited". James Richardson & Sons, Limited. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- Osborne, Brian, S. (1990). Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XII 1891-1900. University of Toronto/Université Laval.
- https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cjrm-am
- http://www.bushplane.com/operators/histories-wca/
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/george-taylor-richardson-adventurer-with-phd-in-common-sense/article18833857/?page=all