Frank Bunting Black, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
About Frank Bunting Black
- Frank Bunting Black, (February 28, 1869 – February 28, 1945) was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada.
- He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1912 to 1916 as a Conservative member.
- Black went on to represent the division of Westmorland in the Senate of Canada from 1921 to 1945. He was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, the son of Joseph L.
- Black and Mary Ann Snowball, and was educated at Mount Allison University.
- He took over the operation of the family store after his father's death in 1907.
- Black served as mayor of Sackville in 1919.
- He married Eleanor, the daughter of Josiah Wood. A long time reserve officer in the Princess Louise 8th Hussars (NB), he signed up for active duty, at the age of 46, in 1914.
- He went overseas as a major, was wounded twice in France, won several important medals, and an Honour, the Order of St.
- Stanislaw (for valour), from the Russian Ministry of Defence.
- he was soon promoted to full colonel and in 1917 was the first eastern Canadian to be gazetted a brigadier general on the field, but because of the death of his brother Captain J.
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- Black in late 1916 chose instead to revert to reserve status so as to manage the family business.
- In 1926 he was named the 8th Hussars' first honorary colonel.
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