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Richardson became vice president of the company in 1912 and its president in 1919; in 1923, he moved the main office of the firm from Kingston to Winnipeg. Richardson quickly rose to prominence in the grain business and was elected President of the
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in 1885 to Agnes (McCausland) and George A. Richardson. He attended Queen's and received his Bachelor of Arts in 1906. After graduation, Richardson entered the family business founded by his grandfather,
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in 1926 and helped open up the mineral mining development of the North with his air transport routes. The later company,
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was instrumental in creating a transcontinental air system that was eventually incorporated into the fledgling
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Canada's New Government Renames Winnipeg International Airport in Honour of James Armstrong Richardson
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Richardson's greatest contributions came as a pioneer of Canadian commercial aviation; he founded
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Double Cross: The Inside Story of James A. Richardson and the Canadian Airways
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at Queen's University is named in honour of his brother, Captain
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In December 2006, the Winnipeg International Airport was renamed
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Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
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Richardson presents FDR with an honorary degree, 1938
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James Armstrong Richardson, Sr.

Queen's University
Robert Borden
Charles Dunning
Kingston, Ontario
Winnipeg
Manitoba
James Richardson
James Armstrong Richardson II
Winnipeg
Kingston, Ontario
James Richardson & Sons
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Board of Directors
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Great West Life Assurance Company
Canadian Vickers
Western Canada Airways
Canadian Airways
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Air Canada
Chancellor
Queen's University
heart attack
Agnes Benidickson
James Armstrong Richardson
Cabinet minister
Pierre Trudeau

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