Preceded by William Allen Walsh Name Fred Whitman Political party Liberal | Preceded by riding created Succeeded by Alan Macnaughton | |
Succeeded by William McLean Hamilton Full Name Frederick Primrose Whitman Born 9 March 1896
Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia ( 1896-03-09 ) Died 21 December 1974(1974-12-21) (aged 78) | ||
Frederick Primrose Whitman (9 March 1896 – 21 December 1974) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and became a salesman by career.
Whitman was educated in the public and secondary schools of Lawrencetown, then attended the University of Alberta where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. During his military service in World War I, he attained the rank of lieutenant.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Mount Royal riding in the 1940 general election then re-elected there in 1945. For the 1949 election, Whitman sought re-election at the new Notre-Dame-de-Grâce riding and won the seat there, but was defeated in the next election in 1953 by William McLean Hamilton of the Progressive Conservative party.