Frank Findlay

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Frank Findlay (1884 – 31 March 1945) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1943–1945	27th	Hamilton	National

Findlay was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1884. He was a baker in Hamilton and belonged to the Presbyterian church, where he was an elder. He was active with the YMCA.^[1]

He was on the Hamilton Borough Council for 12 years and served as Deputy Mayor for some time.^[1] In the 1943 election, he defeated the incumbent, Charles Barrell from Labour, in the Hamilton electorate.^[1]^[2] He died in office on 31 March 1945.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 196. OCLC 154283103.

Persondata
Name	Findlay, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	1884
Place of birth
Date of death	31 March 1945
Place of death

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