Richard Cramm

Richard Cramm (October 13, 1889

Cramm studied law and was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1923. He was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1924 and was named King's Counsel in 1928.

Politics

Cramm was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1923 as a member of the Liberal Reform party led by Richard Squires. After Squires stepped down as party leader, he was a supporter of his successor William Warren. Cramm joined the opposition and moved the motion of no confidence which brought down Warren's administration.

Cramm was reelected in 1924 as a Liberal-Conservative led by Walter Monroe. He was named a minister without portfolio in the new cabinet and, in 1926, became acting Attorney General. Cramm was defeated in 1928 when he ran as an independent candidate in Carbonear. He returned to practising law in St. John's. In May and June 1932, he served as a minister without portfolio in the short-lived Squires cabinet.

In 1949, Cramm ran unsuccessfully as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Canadian federal riding of Trinity—Conception.