Frederick Andrew Laurence (April 23, 1843 – February 13, 1912) was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Port Hood, Nova Scotia

Port Hood, Nova Scotia

Port Hood is a seaside community on the west coast of Cape Breton Island and the shire town of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Local residents are predominantly English-speaking Roman Catholics, the population core having Highland Scottish ancestry; MacDonalds/MacDonnells mostly...

, Laurence was educated at the Provincial Normal School of Nova Scotia and at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

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. A lawyer, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate for the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the electoral district of Colchester

Colchester (electoral district)

Colchester was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was created in the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Colchester—Hants riding...

 in the 1882 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1882

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. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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 for Colchester in 1886

Nova Scotia general election, 1886

The 6th Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 June to 15 June 1886 to elect members of the 29th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party....

 and was re-elected in 1890

Nova Scotia general election, 1890

The 7th Nova Scotia general election was held from 14 May to 21 May 1890 to elect members of the 30th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party....

, 1894

Nova Scotia general election, 1894

The 8th Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party....

, 1897

Nova Scotia general election, 1897

The 9th Nova Scotia general election was held from 13 April to 20 April 1897 to elect members of the 32nd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party....

 and 1901

Nova Scotia general election, 1901

The 10th Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 October 1901 to elect members of the 33rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party....

. A Nova Scotia Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

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, he was Speaker of the House of Assembly

Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia

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 from 1895 to 1901 and from 1903 to 1904. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1904 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1904

The Canadian federal election of 1904 was held on November 3 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Canada...

. He resigned in 1907 when he was appointed a judge.