predecessor parliament successor appointed constituency_mp birth_place death_date death_place party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
charles frederick ferguson canadian john r. lavell wilfrid laurier leeds north and grenville north smiths falls , canada west 25 august 1916 smiths falls , ontario liberal senator for leeds and grenville , ontario 21 december 1843 1896 march 12 , 1903 francistheodorefrost23.jpg francis theodore frost
 1900 august 25 , 1916 francis theodore frost
francis theodore frost

francis theodore frost -lrb- december 21 , 1843 -- august 25 , 1916 -rrb- was a canadian manufacturer and politician .
born in smiths falls , canada west , the son of ebenezer frost and caroline harwood , he was educated in smiths falls , coventry , vermont and potsdam , new york .
frost manufactured farm implements in smith falls .
he was reeve of smiths falls from 1876 to 1883 and became the town 's first mayor in 1883 .
frost also served as warden for lanark county .
in 1868 , he married maria e. powell .
frost was defeated three times -lrb- in the 1878 , 1882 , and 1891 elections -rrb- before being elected to the canadian house of commons in the 1896 federal election in the ontario riding of leeds north and grenville north .
a liberal , he was defeated in the 1900 federal election .
he was summoned to the canadian senate in 1903 and represented the senatorial division of leeds and grenville , ontario .
he died in office in 1916 .
