Frederick Luther Fowke

Frederick Luther Fowke (May 27, 1857 – August 25, 1939) was a merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Ontario South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal.[1]

He was born in Harmony, East Whitby, Canada West, the son of Job Wilson Fowke and Adeline Perkins Stone, the daughter of Marshall B. Stone, a Minnesota senator.[2] Fowke operated a general store and sold grain and coal. He served as mayor of Oshawa from 1898 to 1907. Fowke was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1911. He served as a commissioner in charge of restoration following the Halifax Explosion.[3] Fowke was also a member of the Toronto Board of Trade.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Frederick Luther Fowke – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fraser, Alexander. A History of Ontario : its resources and development. Part II. pp. 917–.
  3. ↑ Kaiser, T E (1921). Historic Sketches of Oshawa. Oshawa Public Library. p. 146. Retrieved 2009-08-28.

Toop, Elizabeth. "The sport of politics : some political campaigns in earlier days". The York pioneer (v. 103 : 2008), p. 3-15.