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Frank Fraser Tims

Male 1856 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Frank Fraser Tims 
    Born 8 Feb 1856  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Elected Office 1894  Victoria, British Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Members returned at the General Election held on October 31, 1894 to serve in the Third Legislature of the North-West Territories (Dissolved October 13, 1898)
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-59300 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I59300  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Frank Dillon Tims,   b. 26 Dec 1829, , Meath Co., Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1898, Quebec City, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Caroline Dudley Fraser,   b. 11 Nov 1830, Quebec City, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1901, Quebec City, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 23 Oct 1852  Sherbrooke, , Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F44801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • TIMS. FRANK FRASER (Victoria). S. of Frank Dillon Tims, Irish des "(nt. and Caroline Dudley Eraser, Scotch descent, his wife. B.. Feb. 8, 1856, at Berlin, Ont. Ed. at gram. sch.. Ottawa and Prof. Thorn's Commercial Academy, Quebec. Uum. A comission broker. El. for Victoria, Alberta, by accl., 1894. ,\\ J. P. Chairman of School Board at Fort Saskatchewan. Church g.e.. of England, A Conservative.

      Magurn, Arnott J. (2013). pp. 281-2. The Parliamentary Guide and Work of General Reference 1898-9. London: Original work published 1898

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      "Frank Fraser Tims: Born in Ontario, where he was educated. A commission broker, Justice of the Peace, and Chairman of the School Board at Fort Saskatchewan. A Conservative."

      The Constitutional Development of the North-West Territories by Helen R. Boutilier. Oct 1932

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      Born February 8, 1856 at Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, son of Frank Dillon Tins and Caroline Dudley Fraser. On his paternal side he was of Anglo-Irish descent and an Anglican. He was educated at Ottawa and he attended the Quebec Commercial Academy. He came to the Northwest Territories as a young man where he became a commission agent.
      F. Fraser Tim, returned as the member for Victoria in 1894 and sat in the N.W.T. Legislature Assembly for four years. in 1898 he was defeated by J.W. Shera (q.v.) and retired from politics at the age of 42. [See: Alberta: Past and Present, 1924]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 13 Feb 1856.
      08 Feb 1856 On the 8th inst., Mrs. Frank D. Tims, of Berlin, of a son.

    2. [S2185] Quebec, Vital and Church Record (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968.

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