Career
He represented Morden from 1900 to 1906 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative. He was born in Halton County, Canada West, the son of George Ruddell and Christina Stewart, and came to Manitoba in the early 1880s to establish a harness-making business in Nelson. Ruddell later moved to Morden, where he established a real estate firm.
He also served as mayor of Morden.
The town of Ruddell, Saskatchewan may have been named after him.
