Frederick Forsyth Pardee

The Honourable Frederick Forsyth Pardee KC
Senator for Lambton, Ontario
In office 1922–1927
Nominated by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Appointed by	Julian Byng
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lambton West
In office 1905–1921
Preceded by	Thomas George Johnston
Succeeded by	Richard Vryling Lesueur
Ontario MPP
In office 1898–1902
Preceded by	Alfred Thomas Gurd
Succeeded by	William John Hanna
Constituency	Lambton West
Personal details
Born	(1866-12-29)December 29, 1866 Sarnia, Canada West
Died	February 4, 1927(1927-02-04) (aged 60) Ottawa, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Mary E. Johnston ​ (m. 1891)​

Frederick Forsyth Pardee, KC (December 29, 1866 – February 4, 1927) was an Ontario barrister and political figure. He represented Lambton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1902 as a Liberal member and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1905 to 1918 as a Liberal member and from 1918 to 1921 as a member of the Unionist Party. He was a member of the Senate of Canada from 1922 to 1927.

He was born in Sarnia, Ontario in 1866, the son of Timothy Blair Pardee. He was educated at Upper Canada College, studied law and was called to the bar in 1890. He was named King's Counsel in 1908. In 1891, he married Mary E. Johnston. Pardee was elected to the House of Commons in a 1905 by-election held after the death of Thomas George Johnston. He was chief government whip from 1909 from 1911 and chief opposition whip in 1912.^[1] He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the federal parliament as a Liberal in 1922. Pardee was named to the Senate later that year and served until his death in 1927.

References[]

• Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1921, EJ Chambers

External links[]

• Frederick Forsyth Pardee – Parliament of Canada biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archived)
• Commemorative biographical record of the county of Lambton, Ontario ..., JH Beers (1906)