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 (1892-04-24)24 April 1892
Dundas, Ontario
Died 25 February 1973(1973-02-25) (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


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