Fred Whitman (politician)
Canadian politician
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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.
Fred Whitman | |
|---|---|
| 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 9 March 1896 Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 21 December 1974 (aged 78) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Jennie M. Stewart m. 19 July 1923[1] |
| Profession | Salesman |
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.
