Fred Frost
Frederick Frost | |
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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
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1938–1943 | 26th | New Plymouth | Labour |
Frost stood for New Plymouth unsuccessfully in 1931 and 1935[1] 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.[2]
His granddaughter, Darien Fenton, was elected to Parliament in 2005.
References
- ^ "Election Results". The Evening Post. Vol. CXX, no. 137. 6 December 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 198. OCLC 154283103.
- 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.
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- 1887 births
- 1957 deaths
- New Zealand Labour Party MPs
- People from Taranaki
- New Zealand Methodist ministers
- New Zealand Anglican priests
- People from Northumberland (before 1974)
- New Zealand coal miners
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand military personnel of World War I
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1943
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1935
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1931
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates