Frank Stanfield

{{Short description|Canadian entrepreneur and politician (1872–1931)}}

{{for|his son, the Canadian Member of Parliament who served from 1945 to 1953|Frank Thomas Stanfield}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Frank Stanfield

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| order = 15th

| office = Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

| term_start = November 19, 1930

| term_end = September 25, 1931

| predecessor = James Cranswick Tory

| successor = Walter Harold Covert

| monarch = George V

| governor_general = The Earl of Willingdon
The Earl of Bessborough

| premier = Gordon Sidney Harrington

| office1 = MLA for Colchester County

| term_start1 = June 14, 1911

| term_end1 = July 27, 1920

| predecessor1 = William D. Hill
B.F. Pearson

| successor1 = Robert H. Smith
Harry L. Taggart

| alongside1 = Robert H. Kennedy

| term_start2 = June 25, 1925

| term_end2 = November 19, 1930

| predecessor2 = Robert H. Smith
Harry L. Taggart

| successor2 = George Y. Thomas

| alongside2 = William B. Armstrong, William A. Flemming

| birth_date = {{birth date|1872|4|24}}

| birth_place = Truro, Nova Scotia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|9|25|1872|4|24}}

| death_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia

| nationality = Canadian

| spouse = {{marriage|Sarah Emma Stanfield (née Thomas)|1901}}

| party = Conservative

| relations = John Stanfield (brother)

| children = Robert Lorne Stanfield
Frank Thomas Stanfield

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| occupation = {{hlist| Entrepreneur | Businessman}}

| profession = Politician

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Frank Stanfield (April 24, 1872 – September 25, 1931)A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) was an entrepreneur in Nova Scotia, Canada, who was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1930–31) and represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1911–20 and 1925–30). He was the father of the politicians Robert Lorne Stanfield and Frank Thomas Stanfield.

Early life

He was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles E. Stanfield, who established the Stanfield Mills in Truro, and Lydia Dawson. In 1896, with his brother John Stanfield, he took over the operation of the business, which was incorporated as Stanfield's Limited in 1906.{{cite web |url=http://www.stanfields.com/aboutus.asp |title=About Us |publisher=Stanfield’s Limited |archive-date=October 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028132038/http://www.stanfields.com/aboutus.asp }} Its "unshrinkable" underwear, developed in 1898, became popular with gold prospectors in the Yukon. The company expanded to be one of the largest producers of woollen goods in Canada.[https://books.google.com/books?id=e3KE9KjwONEC&pg=PA260 Kearney, M & Ray, R I Know That Name! (2002)] {{ISBN|1-55002-407-8}}

Career

Stanfield represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 until 1920, serving with Robert H. Kennedy. He was re-elected five years later and sat as a Conservative member from 1925 until 1928. He was appointed as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in 1930 but died in office in Halifax the following year at the age of 59.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121026044307/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753052,00.html?iid=chix-sphere October 5, 1931] Time

Family

Stanfield married Sarah Emma Thomas in 1901. Their son Robert Lorne Stanfield became premier of Nova Scotia and served as leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. Another son Frank Thomas Stanfield also served in the House of Commons of Canada.

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090629180709/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8794 Marble, AE Nova Scotians at home and abroad: biographical sketches ... (1977) p. 372]

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Category:1872 births

Category:1931 deaths

Category:Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia

Category:People from Truro, Nova Scotia

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs

Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly