Background
He was born in Parkhill, Ontario, the son of John W. Ridley and Elisabeth Boyd.
He was born in Parkhill, Ontario, the son of John W. Ridley and Elisabeth Boyd.
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922. He played with the Manitou Lacrosse Club, who were provincial champions in 1904. Ridley married Sarah East. Kealey.
Ridley was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1920 provincial election, defeating Farmer candidate George Compton by 259 votes in the constituency of Manitou.
Incumbent Liberal George Armstrong finished third. He ran for re-election in the 1922 provincial election, and narrowly lost to George Compton in a rematch from two years earlier.
Compton was by this time a candidate of the United Farmers of Manitoba. He died in Manitou in 1934.
Ridley was a member of the Conservative Party. He was a member of the United Church.
