Frank Richard Heartz

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Frank Richard Heartz

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Lieutenant Governors of Canada in 1925.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Frank Richard Heartz, standing second from right.

| order = 25th

| office = Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island

| term_start = September 8, 1924

| term_end = November 29, 1930

| predecessor = Murdoch MacKinnon

| successor = Charles Dalton

| monarch = George V

| governor_general = The Viscount Byng of Vimy
The Viscount Willingdon

| premier = James D. Stewart
Albert C. Saunders
Walter Lea

| birth_date = {{birth date|1871|1|7}}

| birth_place = Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Colony

| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|8|27|1871|1|7}}

| death_place = Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

| spouse = {{marriage|Bessie Matthew|1895}}

| party = Liberal

| relations =

| children = Frances Ruth

| residence = Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

| alma_mater = Prince of Wales College
Upper Canada College

| occupation = businessman and farmer

| profession = Politician

| cabinet =

}}

Frank Richard Heartz (7 January 1871{{Snd}}27 August 1955{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}) was a Canadian politician who served as the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.{{Cite web |title=The Honourable Frank Richard Heartz |url=https://www.lgpei.ca/former-governors/frank-richard-heartz |access-date=15 February 2024 |website=lgpei.ca |publisher=Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island}}

He was born in 1871 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Benjamin Heartz and Henrietta Davison. He was educated in local public schools, followed by Prince of Wales College and Upper Canada College.

He married Bessie Matthew of Souris on September 25, 1895.

In his political career, Heartz ran for the 1st Kings District in the Provincial Legislative Assembly in 1909 but was defeated. Heartz was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island on September 8, 1924, and served until November 19, 1930. He died in Charlottetown.