Francis Theodore Frost (December 21, 1843 – August 25, 1916) was a
Canadian
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manufacturer and politician.
Born in
Smiths Falls
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,
Canada West
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,
the son of Ebenezer Frost and Caroline Harwood, he was educated in Smiths Falls,
Coventry, Vermont and
Potsdam, New York
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. Frost manufactured farm implements in Smith Falls. He was reeve of Smiths Falls from 1876 to 1883 and became the town's first mayor in 1883. Frost also served as warden for
Lanark County
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. In 1868, he married Maria E. Powell.
Frost was defeated three times (in the
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Battle o ...
,
1882
Events
January–March
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...
, and
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
elections) before being elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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The House of Common ...
in the
1896 federal election in the
Ontario
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riding of
Leeds North and Grenville North
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. A
Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
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* Liberalism (international relations)
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, he was defeated in the
1900 federal election.
In 1903, he was appointed Director of Imperial Guarantee and Accident Insurance Company of Canada, and was also appointed to the
Senate of Canada
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to represent the senatorial division of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario.
He died in office in 1916.
References
1843 births
1916 deaths
Canadian senators from Ontario
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Liberal Party of Canada senators
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Mayors of places in Ontario
Canadian expatriates in the United States
People from Smiths Falls
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