Frederick Frost

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

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

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19381943 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

  1. "Election Results". The Evening Post CXX (137). 6 December 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  2. 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.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Sydney George Smith
Member of Parliament for New Plymouth
19381943
Succeeded by
Ernest Aderman
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