- Frederick Forsyth Pardee
Frederick Forsyth Pardee (
December 29 1866 –February 4 1927 ) was anOntario barrister and political figure. He representedLambton West in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1902 as a Liberal member and in theCanadian House of Commons 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 theSenate of Canada from 1922 to 1927.He was born in
Sarnia, Ontario in 1866, the son ofTimothy Blair Pardee . He was educated atUpper Canada College , studied law and was called to the bar in 1890. He was namedKing's Counsel in 1908. In 1891, he married Mary E. Johnston. Pardee was elected to the House of Commons in an 1905 by-election held after the death ofThomas George Johnston . He was chief government whip from 1909 from 1911 and chief opposition whip in 1912. 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
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=2f5657db-e63e-47b8-8ff0-51286ffbc3e6&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=9187 "Commemorative biographical record of the county of Lambton, Ontario ...", JH Beers (1906)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3853 "A cyclopædia of Canadian biography ...", HW Charlesworth (1919)]
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