Name Frederick Frost | ||
Rev Frederick Ledger Frost (1887–1957) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
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Early years
Frost was born in Northumberland, England and from the ages of 13 to 24 was a coal-miner in England and Australia. He came to New Zealand in 1911, and worked in the Millerton mines before becoming a Methodist minister. In World War I he was a soldier, then a Chaplain-Captain. He was for 14 years a Methodist minister and City Missioner in Auckland before changing to the Anglican Church in 1924, becoming a Vicar in Taradale.
Member of Parliament
Frost stood for New Plymouth unsuccessfully in 1931 and 1935 as the Labour Party candidate.
He represented the New Plymouth electorate from the 1938 general election to 1943, when he was defeated by the National candidate, Rev Ernest Aderman, who was also a Christian minister.
His granddaughter, Darien Fenton, was elected to Parliament in 2005.