Fred Frost

For the American western author Frederick Schiller Faust, who wrote under this name, see Max Brand.

The Reverend Frederick Frost
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for New Plymouth
In office 1938–1943
Preceded by	Sydney George Smith
Succeeded by	Ernest Aderman
Personal details
Born	1887 Northumberland, England
Died	1957 New Plymouth, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Relations	Darien Fenton (granddaughter)

Rev Frederick Ledger Frost (1887–1957) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Early years

Frost was born in Northumberland, England and from the ages of 13 to 24 was a coal-miner in England and Australia. He came to New Zealand in 1911, and worked in the Millerton mines before becoming a Methodist minister. In World War I he was a soldier, then a Chaplain-Captain. He was for 14 years a Methodist minister and City Missioner in Auckland before changing to the Anglican Church in 1924, becoming a Vicar in Taradale.

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1938–1943	26th	New Plymouth			Labour

Frost stood for New Plymouth unsuccessfully in 1931 and 1935 as the Labour Party candidate.

He represented the New Plymouth electorate from the 1938 general election to 1943, when he was defeated by the National candidate, Rev Ernest Aderman, who was also a Christian minister.

His granddaughter, Darien Fenton, was elected to Parliament in 2005.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 281. ISBN 0-474-00138-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)