Charles Dow Richards, Hon

New Brunswick Premier. A native of Southampton, New Brunswick, he served as the Premier of New Brunswick, from 1931 to 1933. Richards also served as the Conservative House Leader, Minister of Lands and Mines, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick from 1948 to 1955.

As Justice, Richards sentenced the last man to be executed in Charlotte County. He did not accept the jury's request "that mercy be shown to the accused," 22 year-old Thomas Roland Hutchings, and sentenced him to hang at St. Andrews, New Brunswick on Wednesday, December 16, 1942 for the rape and murder of Bernice Connors

Charles Dow Richards Scholarship in Law is an entrance scholarship awarded to a first year student on the basis of financial need at the University of New Brunswick working towards his/her LLB to perpetuate his memory as a long time law lecturer at the institution.