Francis Theodore Frost was a Canadian

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 manufacturer and politician.

Born in Smiths Falls, Canada West, the son of Ebenezer Frost and Caroline Harwood, he was educated in Smiths Falls, Coventry, Vermont

Coventry, Vermont

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 and Potsdam, New York

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. Frost manufactured farm implements in Smith Falls. He was reeve of Smiths Falls from 1876 to 1883 and became the town's first mayor in 1883. Frost also served as warden for Lanark County

Lanark County, Ontario

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. In 1868, he married Maria E. Powell.

Frost was defeated three times (in the 1878

Canadian federal election, 1878

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, 1882

Canadian federal election, 1882

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, and 1891

Canadian federal election, 1891

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 elections) before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the 1896 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1896

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 in the Ontario

Ontario

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 riding of Leeds North and Grenville North

Leeds North and Grenville North

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. A Liberal

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, he was defeated in the 1900 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1900

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. He was summoned to the Canadian Senate

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in 1903 and represented the senatorial division of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario. He died in office in 1916.