Richard Cannings

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Cannings
Occupation	Member Of Parliament
Date Of Birth	Mar 31, 1954(1954-03-31)
Age	70
Birthplace	Penticton
Country	Canada
Birth City	British Columbia
Horoscope	Aries

Richard Cannings Biography

Richard Cannings is one of the most popular and richest Member Of Parliament who was born on March 31, 1954 in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.

Cannings authored or contributed to numerous books. In 1987 he co-authored with his brothers Birds of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia which was published by the Royal British Columbia Museum. Based on previous work, he co- authored Birds of Southwestern British Columbia and Birds of Interior BC and the Rockies In 2007 Greystone Books published a memoir style book of essays by Cannings titled An Enchantment of Birds: Memories From A Birder’s Life and in 2010 Greystone published a book of essays, titled Flights of Imagination: Extraordinary Writing about Birds, edited by Cannings. Co-authored with his son, Cannings contributed to Birdfinding in British Columbia and Best Places to Bird in British Columbia, both also published by Greystone.

Like their father, renowned environmentalist Stephen Cannings, Richard and his twin brother Sydney and their older brother, Rob, were born and raised in Penticton and all pursued careers in biology. Richard earned a master’s degree in zoology from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He taught for 17 years at University of British Columbia before returning to Penticton in 1995 to work as a consulting biologist, including doing work for the non-profit Bird Studies Canada. He spent 8 years on the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, 11 years on B.C. Environmental Appeal Board and five on the B.C. Forest Appeals Commission. He was a board member of the Nature Conservancy of Canada from 2006 to 2015.

Richard Cannings Net Worth

Richard Cannings is one of the richest Member Of Parliament from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Cannings 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Richard J. “Dick” Cannings MP (born March 31, 1954) is a Canadian biologist, author and politician. He is currently serving as the South Okanagan—West Kootenay member of parliament in the 42nd Canadian Parliament. He was elected to that position in the 2015 Canadian federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party. During that parliament he sponsored three private member bills: one to promote the use of wood in federal public works projects, one to add various lakes and rivers to Navigable Waters Protection Act, and another to a Minister of Environment to respond to a Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada report. Cannings was appointed the NDP Critic for Post-Secondary Education as well as the Deputy Critic for Natural Resources in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.

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In the 2019 Canadian federal election, Cannings sought re-election in the South Okanagan—West Kootenay riding, contested by Penticton city councillor Helena Konanz of the Conservative Party, Tara Howse of the Green Party, Sean Taylor of the People’s Party, as well as Connie Denesiuk again for the Liberal Party.

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Ricky Ranked on the list of most popular Member Of Parliament. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Richard Cannings celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.