Fred Whitman Explained

Fred Whitman
Birthname:Frederick Primrose Whitman
Birth Date:1896 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada
Spouse:Jennie M. Stewart
m. 19 July 1923[1]
Riding:Mount Royal
Predecessor:William Allen Walsh
Successor:Alan Macnaughton
Term Start:March 26, 1940
Term End:June 27, 1949
Riding2:Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Predecessor2:riding created
Successor2:William McLean Hamilton
Term Start2:June 1949
Term End2:August 1953
Profession:Salesman
Party:Liberal

Frederick Primrose Whitman (9 March 1896  - 21 December 1974) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and became a salesman by career.

Whitman was educated in the public and secondary schools of Lawrencetown, then attended the University of Alberta where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. During his military service in World War I, he attained the rank of lieutenant.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Mount Royal riding in the 1940 general election then re-elected there in 1945. For the 1949 election, Whitman sought re-election at the new Notre-Dame-de-Grâce riding and won the seat there, but was defeated in the next election in 1953 by William McLean Hamilton of the Progressive Conservative party.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1952 . "Fred P. Whitman" .