Lieutenant Frederick Clayton Casselman (born: October 2, 1885, Helmsville, Montana - died: March 20, 1941) was a soldier, barrister, teacher, as well as a Canadian municipal and federal level politician.
Casselman joined the Canadian Forces in 1916. He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and then the Wiltshire Regiment until 1919.
Casselman served a long career as an Edmonton municipal politician, he served as a Public School Trustee from 1928 to 1937. In 1937 he resigned his Trustee seat and ran for Alderman winning a seat. He held his Aldermanic post until he resigned in 1940 to run for the Canadian House of Commons.
Casselman ran in the 1940 Canadian federal election in the Edmonton East as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada. He defeated incumbent Member of Parliament Orvis A. Kennedy. Casselman died a year into his 1st term in office on March 20, 1941, at age 55. His wife Cora Taylor Casselman won election in his place in the subsequent by-election.
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| Preceded by Orvis A. Kennedy |
Member of Parliament Edmonton East 1940-1941 |
Succeeded by Cora Taylor Casselman |