Richard Cashin
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The Honourable Richard Joseph Cashin PC OC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for St. John's West |
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In office 1962–1968 |
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| Preceded by | William Joseph Browne |
| Succeeded by | Walter Carter |
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January 5, 1937 St. John's, Newfoundland |
| Political party | Liberal |
Richard Joseph Cashin, PC OC (born January 5, 1937 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a lawyer and former Canadian politician and trade union leader.
The grandson of Sir Michael Cashin and nephew of Peter Cashin, Richard Cashin is a member of a prominent Newfoundland political family. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 general election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for St. John's West. He remained an MP throughout the Pearson era, being re-elected in 1963 and 1965 elections.
He was named parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Fisheries in 1966. After several years as an MP, during Progressive Conservative and Liberal minority governments, Cashin suffered a major upset when he was one of the few incumbent Liberal MPs to lose his seat in the 1968 general election that returned a Liberal majority government led by Pierre Trudeau.
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