Frank Killam (September 3, 1843 – April 23, 1911) was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Yarmouth in Nova Scotia.[1]

Frank Killam
MP for Yarmouth
In office
1869–1882
Preceded byThomas Killam
Succeeded byJoseph Robbins Kinney
Personal details
Born(1843-09-03)September 3, 1843
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
DiedApril 23, 1911(1911-04-23) (aged 67)
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseEllen Hood
Residence(s)Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
OccupationMerchant & shipowner

Biography

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He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1843, the son of Thomas Killam[1] and Elizabeth Gale Dudman, and was educated in Yarmouth and Sackville, New Brunswick. Killam entered business in Yarmouth. In September 1867, he married Ellen Hood.[2] On September 21, 1867, he lost his left arm when a cannon prematurely detonated during an election celebration. The accident killed one person.[3] Following the death of his father, he ran for his father's former seat in the 1st Canadian Parliament in a by-election held on April 20, 1869. He was elected as a member of the Liberal Party.[1]

Like his father, he had worked as a merchant and a shipowner. He was re-elected three times before being defeated in the 1882 federal election.[1] In 1870, he was the president of the Western Counties Railway Company.[4]

Electoral record

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By-election on April 20, 1869

On Mr. Killam's death, December 15, 1868

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Frank Killam 1,220
Unknown N.P. Clements 598
1872 Canadian federal election: Yarmouth
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Frank Killam 1,176
Unknown W.H. Townsend 440
Source: Canadian Elections Database[5]
1874 Canadian federal election: Yarmouth
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Frank Killam 1,192
Unknown George S.Brown 762
Source: lop.parl.ca
1878 Canadian federal election: Yarmouth
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Frank Killam 1,343
Liberal Thomas B. Flint 802
1882 Canadian federal election: Yarmouth
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph Robbins Kinney 1,204
Liberal Frank Killam 903

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Frank Killam – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. ^ Morning Chronicle - September 27, 1867
  4. ^ Pryke, K. G. (1976). "Thomas Killam". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  5. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.