Frederick Robert Trotter (August 20, 1861 – September 4, 1934
[''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)]) was a farmer and political figure in
Nova Scotia
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, Canada. He represented Antigonish County in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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from 1903 to 1919 as a
Liberal
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member.
He was born in
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
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, the son of Robert Trotter, a
Scottish immigrant, and Ann Maclennan. He was the grandson of the Reverend
Thomas Trotter. He was educated at
Saint Francis Xavier College.
Trotter served on the town council for Antigonish and was mayor in 1897 and 1898. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1903 by-election held after
Angus McGillivray
Angus McGillivray (January 22, 1842 – May 4, 1917) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Antigonish County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal member from 1878 to 1891 and from 1895 to 1902.
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was named to the bench. Trotter died in Antigonish.
References
Photograph, Frederick Robert Trotter, Artefacts Canada
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1861 births
1934 deaths
Mayors of places in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
People from Antigonish, Nova Scotia