Frederick Hugo Larson (24 November 1913 – 21 February 1994) was a
Liberal party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
. He was born in
Lang, Saskatchewan
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Histo ...
, studied at the
University of Saskatchewan, and became a farmer by career.
He was first elected to Parliament for the
Kindersley riding in the
1949 general election. After serving his only term in the House of Commons, Larson was defeated by
Merv Johnson
Willis Merwyn Johnson (May 9, 1923 – July 14, 2019), better known as Merv Johnson, was a Canadian farmer and politician in Saskatchewan.
Johnson was the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member for Parliament for Kindersley, Saskatchewa ...
of the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
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in the
1953 federal election.
Larson also attempted to win a seat in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the
provincial Liberal party in 1948 in the
Kerrobert-Kindersley riding, but was unsuccessful.
He died in Edmonton on 21 February 1994.
["Obituaries", ''The Calgary Herald'', 25 February 1994, pg. E12]
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1913 births
1994 deaths
20th-century Canadian farmers
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan alumni
Canadian people of Norwegian descent
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