Philip Bernard Rynard

Philip Bernard Rynard (25 June 1897 – 20 November 1980) was a Canadian physician, surgeon, and politician.

Philip Bernard Rynard

Member of Parliament for Simcoe East
In office 1957–1968
Preceded by	William Alfred Robinson
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of Parliament for Simcoe North
In office 1968–1979
Preceded by	Heber Smith
Succeeded by	Doug Lewis

Personal details
Born	(1897-06-25)25 June 1897 Udora, Ontario
Died	20 November 1980(1980-11-20) (aged 83) Orillia, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Physician, surgeon

Born in Udora, Ontario, he received his medical education at Queen's University. He was a Medical Health Officer for the province of Ontario and practiced medicine in Orillia.

He first ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1953 federal election for the riding of Simcoe East. A Progressive Conservative, he was elected in the 1957 election. He was re-elected in 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, and 1974. He was the physician to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.^[1]

Rynard suffered a stroke in February 1980. He died in Orillia that November.^[1]

Archives edit

There is a Philip Bernard Rynard fonds at Library and Archives Canada.^[2] Archival reference number is R3303.

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Alfred Robinson	9,099
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	8,944
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Wilson Lovelace	1,310
	Social Credit	Carl Clark Pinkney	533

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	12,497
	Liberal	William Alfred Robinson	8,193
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Arthur Winchester	1,395
	Independent	Charles Parker	726

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	15,149
	Liberal	John R. MacIsaac	7,403
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William A. Winchester	1,423

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	12,835
	Liberal	John R. MacIsaac	8,688
	New Democratic	Ray A. Ruggles	2,346
	Social Credit	A. J. Stann	423

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	12,662
	Liberal	Jerome J. Gignac	9,324
	New Democratic	C. Perrie Rintoul	2,031
	Social Credit	Bob Pinkney	1,054

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	11,648
	Liberal	Wilson Morden	9,281
	New Democratic	C. Perrie Rintoul	3,597

^ ^a ^b "P. B. Rynard Diefenbaker's MD MP for 22 years". The Globe and Mail. 22 November 1980.
^ "Finding aid to Philip Bernard Rynard fonds, Library and Archives Canada" (PDF).