John Charles Rykert

John Charles Rykert (March 10, 1832 – December 28, 1913) was a lawyer and Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.

[1] He was born in St. Catharines in 1832,[1] the son of George Rykert and Ann Maria Mittleberger.

He went on to article in law, was called to the bar in 1854 and opened a practice in St. Catharines.

[4] He represented Lincoln in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1860 to 1863; he was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1863.

[3] One of his sons, also named John Charles, became the first customs collector in the Kootenay region of British Columbia.