Frederick Frost

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Frederick Frost
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for New Plymouth
In office
1938–1943
Preceded by Sydney George Smith
Succeeded by Ernest Aderman
Personal details
Born1887
Northumberland, England
Died1957
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Political party Labour
Relations Darien Fenton (granddaughter)

Rev Frederick Ledger Frost (1887–1957) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

The New Zealand Labour Party, or simply Labour, is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers describe Labour as social-democratic and pragmatic in practice. It is a participant of the international Progressive Alliance.

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Early years

Frost was born in Northumberland, England and from the ages of 13 to 24 was a coal-miner in England and Australia. He came to New Zealand in 1911, and worked in the Millerton mines before becoming a Methodist minister. In World War I he was a soldier, then a Chaplain-Captain. He was for 14 years a Methodist minister and City Missioner in Auckland before changing to the Anglican Church in 1924, becoming a Vicar in Taradale.

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Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateParty
1938 –1943 26th New Plymouth Labour

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References

  1. ↑ "Election Results". The Evening Post . CXX (137). 6 December 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 198. OCLC   154283103.


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New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Sydney George Smith 		Member of Parliament for New Plymouth
1938–1943		Succeeded by
Ernest Aderman
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