Frank Killam

Frank Killam
MP for Yarmouth
In office
1869–1882
Preceded by Thomas Killam
Succeeded by Joseph R. Kinney
Personal details
Born September 3, 1843(1843-09-03)
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Died April 23, 1911(1911-04-23) (aged 67)
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Ellen Hood
Residence Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Occupation Merchant & shipowner
Religion Methodist

Frank Killam (September 3, 1843 – April 23, 1911) was a Canadian politician and a member of the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Yarmouth in Nova Scotia.[1]

He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1843, the son of Thomas Killam[1] and Elizabeth Gale Dudman, and was educated in Yarmouth and Sackville, New Brunswick. Killam entered business in Yarmouth. In 1868, he married Ellen Hood.[2] Following the death of his father, he ran for his father's former seat in the 1st Canadian Parliament in a by-election held on April 20, 1869. He was elected as a member of the Liberal Party.[1]

Like his father, he had worked as a merchant and a shipowner. He was re-elected three times before being defeated in the 1882 federal election.[1] In 1870, he was the president of the Western Counties Railway Company.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Frank Killam - Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada. 
  3. ^ Pryke, K. G. (1976). "Thomas Killam". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4521. Retrieved 2009-09-12.