Frank Lennard

Who was Frank Lennard?

Frank Exton Lennard was a Conservative then a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Dundas, Ontario and became a merchant and textile dyer by career.

He was first elected at the Wentworth riding in the 1935 general election. After serving his first term in Parliament, he was defeated there in the 1940 election by Ellis Hopkins Corman. Lennard returned to the House of Commons when he won the seat back in the 1945 election and won consecutive elections until he left federal politics in 1962 after completing his final term, the 24th Parliament. He died at Dundas in 1973 and was buried at Grove Cemetery. His wife died in 1986.