riding predecessor successor birth_place profession party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
middlesex jim lind larry condon london township , ontario businessman , merchant progressive conservative 24 july 1923 october 1972 william frank -lrb- politician -rrb-
 may 1974 william charles frank
william frank -lrb- politician -rrb-

william charles frank -lrb- born 24 july 1923 at london township , ontario -rrb- was a progressive conservative party member of the canadian house of commons .
he was a businessman and merchant by career .
he first attempted to seek election as a member of parliament at the middlesex riding in the 1968 federal election but was defeated by jim lind of the liberal party .
frank made another attempt there in the 1972 general election and succeeded that time .
however , he only served in the 29th canadian parliament and with changes to electoral district boundaries , he campaigned in the new middlesex -- london -- lambton riding and lost to liberal candidate larry condon .
bill frank made one more unsuccessful attempt to return to parliament in the 1980 election at london -- middlesex , but again a liberal candidate , garnet bloomfield , won .
