Frank Lennard

Frank Exton Lennard
Member of Parliament for Wentworth
In office October 1935 – March 1940
Preceded by	Gordon Crooks Wilson
Succeeded by	Ellis Hopkins Corman
Member of Parliament for Wentworth
In office June 1945 – April 1962
Preceded by	Ellis Hopkins Corman
Succeeded by	Joseph Reed Sams
Personal details
Born	24 April 1892 Dundas, Ontario
Died	25 February 1973 (aged 80) Dundas, Ontario
Political party	Conservative Progressive Conservative
Residence	Gladys Emily McLachlan m. 17 Apr 1918[1]
Profession	merchant, textile dyer

Frank Exton Lennard (24 April 1892 – 25 February 1973) was a Conservative then a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Dundas, Ontario and became a merchant and textile dyer by career.

He was first elected at the Wentworth riding in the 1935 general election. After serving his first term in Parliament, he was defeated there in the 1940 election by Ellis Hopkins Corman. Lennard returned to the House of Commons when he won the seat back in the 1945 election and won consecutive elections until he left federal politics in 1962 after completing his final term, the 24th Parliament. He died at Dundas in 1973 and was buried at Grove Cemetery.^[2] His wife died in 1986.^[3]

References

1. Public Archives of Canada; Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament: 1867-1967. Queen's Printer. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
2. "Deaths", The Globe and Mail, 26 February 1973, pg. 30
3. "Deaths", The Globe and Mail, 13 January 1986, pg. D16

External links

• Frank Lennard – Parliament of Canada biography