Frederick Parker Burden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: York County, New Brunswick, Canada
About Frederick Parker Burden
- Frederick Parker Burden (December 28, 1874 – January 21, 1971) was a land surveyor and political figure in British Columbia.
- He represented Fort George in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1930 as a Conservative. He was born in York County, New Brunswick, the son of Stephen P.
- Burden and Ruth Ann Hagerman and was educated in Fredericton and at the University of New Brunswick.
- In 1908, he married Jane Burgess Payson.
- Burden was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1924, losing to Henry George Thomas Perry.
- He defeated Perry in 1928.
- Burden served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Lands.
- He resigned his seat in the assembly on June 27, 1930; his appointment as agent general for British Columbia was announced on January 1, 1931.The book Garibaldi Park: a wonderland of majestic mountains, mighty glaciers, emerald lakes and flower-clad alplands near Vancouver, British Columbia was published in 1929 by the Department of Lands with Burden listed as author.
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