Fred Whitman
Fred Whitman | |
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Member of Parliament for Mount Royal | |
In office March 26, 1940 – June 27, 1949 | |
Preceded by | William Allen Walsh |
Succeeded by | Alan Macnaughton |
Member of Parliament for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | |
In office June 1949 – August 1953 | |
Preceded by | riding created |
Succeeded by | William McLean Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederick Primrose Whitman (1896-03-09)9 March 1896 Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | 21 December 1974(1974-12-21) (aged 78) |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Jennie M. Stewart m. 19 July 1923[1] |
Profession | Salesman |
Frederick Primrose Whitman (9 March 1896 – 21 December 1974) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and became a salesman by career.
Whitman was educated in the public and secondary schools of Lawrencetown, then attended the University of Alberta where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. During his military service in World War I, he attained the rank of lieutenant.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Mount Royal riding in the 1940 general election then re-elected there in 1945. For the 1949 election, Whitman sought re-election at the new Notre-Dame-de-Grâce riding and won the seat there, but was defeated in the next election in 1953 by William McLean Hamilton of the Progressive Conservative party.
References
- ^ a b Normandin, Pierre G. (1952). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
Fred P. Whitman
External links
- Fred Whitman – Parliament of Canada biography
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