Philip Bernard Rynard


Philip Bernard Rynard was a Canadian physician, surgeon, and politician.
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 Canadian federal election|1953 federal election] for the riding of Simcoe East. A Progressive [Conservative Party of Canada|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.
Rynard suffered a stroke in February 1980. He died in Orillia that November.

Archives

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

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