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Frank William Green

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Frank William Green
M.D., C.M., F.A.C.S.
MLA for Cranbrook
In office
1941–1949
Preceded byArnold McGrath
Succeeded byLeo Thomas Nimsick
Personal details
Born(1876-03-15)March 15, 1876
Victoria, British Columbia
DiedDecember 24, 1953(1953-12-24) (aged 77)
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Political partyConservative, coalition
Spouse(s)Lillian Barbara Staples
(m. 8 Jun 1905)
ChildrenWilliam Otis Green
ResidenceCranbrook, British Columbia
Occupationphysician, surgeon

Frank William Green (March 15, 1876 – December 24, 1953) was a Canadian physician and politician.

Green was born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1876 to Alexander Alfred Green and Theophila Turner Raines.[1] He attended Corrig College at Victoria. After the death of his father in 1891, Green relocated to Montreal to attend McGill University where he would obtain his medical degree.[2] Upon his graduation from McGill in 1898, Green worked as a physician on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Crowsnest Pass line, in the Kootenay Valley, working on horseback.[2] During the time he operated a hospital and treated many during an epidemic of typhoid.[2]

He later settled at Cranbrook, British Columbia, in the Kootenay Valley in 1899 to establish a medical practice.[2] He was one of the first and only physicians, a medical pioneer at Cranbrook.[3] A partnership with Dr. James Horace King of Cranbrook which started in 1903 was described as a "cornerstone in local medicine", with modern innovations being in use at the time, two examples being the first x-ray machine in the city being purchased for their hospital and the use of automobiles within the practice.[4][5]

In the 1941 British Columbia general election, Green was elected as a Conservative to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the district of Cranbrook. He was elected again in 1945 as a coalition member, serving until his retirement in 1949.[2][6]

He married Lillian Barbara Staples of Stillwater, Minnesota, in June 1905.[7] One of his sons, William Otis Green also became a doctor in the Cranbrook area, with whom he later shared a practice with.[2][8] Frank W. Green died in 1953 of heart problems at St. Eugene Hospital in Cranbrook, which he had established. He was later cremated in Calgary.[9][10] His wife Lillian died on October 22, 1965, at Cranbrook.[11]

The F. W. Green Medical Centre and F. W. Green Memorial Home continuing care centre at Cranbrook are both named after him.

Electoral history

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20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Oscar Albin Eliasin 1,548 33.89% unknown
Conservative Frank William Green 1,615 35.35% unknown
  Liberal Arnold Joseph McGrath 1,405 30.76% unknown
Total valid votes 4,568 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 52
Turnout %
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Labor-Progressive William Brown 193 4.56% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Henry Gammon 1,965 46.40% unknown
Coalition Frank William Green 2,077 49.04% unknown
Total valid votes 4,235 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 40
Turnout %

References

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  1. ^ Who's who and why - Google Books. 1914. Retrieved March 21, 2013 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Taylor, Robert Ratcliffe (September 4, 2012). The Spencer Mansion: A House, a Home, and an Art Gallery - Robert Ratcliffe Taylor - Google Books. ISBN 9781927129289. Retrieved March 21, 2013 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Florence Nightingales: Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History: Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History". Basininstitute.org. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  4. ^ http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20120127/CRANBROOK0301/301279995/0/take-care-on-the-roads [permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Wilson, Diana (February 2011). Triumph and Tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass - Diana Wilson - Google Books. ISBN 9781926936796. Retrieved March 21, 2013 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ An electoral history of British Columbia, 1871–1986
  7. ^ Journal of the American Medical Association - Google Books. 1905. Retrieved March 21, 2013 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
  9. ^ "Death Certificate". Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  10. ^ "Record Details —". Familysearch.org. December 24, 1953. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  11. ^ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved June 25, 2023.