Frank Arthur Calder
Politician, Deceased Person
1915 – 2006
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Who was Frank Arthur Calder?
Frank Arthur Calder, OC OBC was a Nisga'a politician in Canada, the first Status Indian to be elected to any legislature in Canada.
Born in Nass Harbour, British Columbia, Calder was the first Indian to graduate from the Anglican Theological College of the University of British Columbia. Mr. Calder was an hereditary chief of the House of Wisinxbiltkw from the Killerwhale Tribe. He died November 4, 2006 at an assisted-living home in Victoria from the effects of cancer and recent abdominal surgery.
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- Born
- Aug 3, 1915
British Columbia - Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- University of British Columbia
- Died
- Nov 4, 2006
Victoria
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on July 23, 2013
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