James Armstrong Richardson, Jr. PC (March 28, 1922 – May 17, 2004) was a Canadian Cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau and a Winnipeg businessman.
He left the company to enter politics, winning a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South.
Richardson defeated future provincial cabinet minister Bud Sherman, his Progressive Conservative opponent.
He resigned from Cabinet in 1976 to protest the government's implementation of official bilingualism and its proposed entrenchment in the constitution.
[4] After leaving elected politics, Richardson helped found the Canada West Council and served on a number of corporate boards.