Frank Killam
Frank Killam | |
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MP for Yarmouth | |
In office 1869–1882 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Killam |
Succeeded by | Joseph Robbins Kinney |
Personal details | |
Born | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | September 3, 1843
Died | April 23, 1911 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | (aged 67)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Ellen Hood |
Residence(s) | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
Occupation | Merchant & shipowner |
Frank Killam (September 3, 1843 – April 23, 1911) was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Yarmouth in Nova Scotia.[1]
Biography[]
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 September 1867, he married Ellen Hood.[2] On September 21, 1867, he lost his left arm when a cannon prematurely detonated during an election celebration. The accident killed one person.[3] 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.[4]
Electoral record[]
By-election on 20 April 1869
On Mr. Killam's death, 15 December 1868 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Frank Killam | 1,220 | |||
Unknown | N.P. Clements | 598 |
1872 Canadian federal election: Yarmouth | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Frank Killam | 1,176 | ||||||
Unknown | W.H. Townsend | 440 |
1874 Canadian federal election: Yarmouth | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Frank Killam | 1,192 | ||||||
Unknown | George S.Brown | 762 |
1878 Canadian federal election: Yarmouth | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Frank Killam | 1,343 | ||||||
Liberal | Thomas B. Flint | 802 |
1882 Canadian federal election: Yarmouth | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Joseph Robbins Kinney | 1,204 | ||||||
Liberal | Frank Killam | 903 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d Frank Killam – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ Morning Chronicle - September 27, 1867
- ^ Pryke, K. G. (1976). "Thomas Killam". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
- 1843 births
- 1911 deaths
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
- People from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia politician stubs