| Frank Killam | |
|---|---|
 | |
| MP for Yarmouth | |
| In office 1869–1882 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Killam |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Robbins Kinney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1843-09-03)September 3, 1843 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Died | April 23, 1911(1911-04-23) (aged 67) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Ellen Hood |
| Residence(s) | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | Merchant & shipowner |
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.
Biography
He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1843, the son of Thomas Killam 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. On September 21, 1867, he lost his left arm when a cannon prematurely detonated during an election celebration. The accident killed one person. 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.
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. In 1870, he was the president of the Western Counties Railway Company.
Electoral record
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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
- ^ Frank Killam – Parliament of Canada biography
- Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- Morning Chronicle - September 27, 1867
- Pryke, K. G. (1976). "Thomas Killam". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
- Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.