Frank William Green

Frank William Green
M.D., C.M., F.A.C.S.
MLA for Cranbrook
In office
1941–1949
Preceded by Frank Mitchell MacPherson
Succeeded by Leo Thomas Nimsick
Personal details
Born (1876-03-15)March 15, 1876
Victoria, British Columbia
Died December 24, 1953(1953-12-24) (aged 77)
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Political party Conservative, coalition
Spouse(s) Lillian Barbara Staples
(m. 8 Jun 1905)
Children William Otis Green
Residence Cranbrook, British Columbia
Occupation physician, surgeon

Frank William Green (March 15, 1876 – December 24, 1953) was a Canadian physician and politician.

Green was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1876 to Alexander Alfred Green and Theophila Turner Raines.[1] He attended Corrig College at Victoria. After the death of his father in 1891, Green relocated to Montreal to attend McGill University where he would obtain his medical degree.[2] Upon his graduation from McGill in 1898, Green worked as a physician on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Crowsnest Pass line, in the Kootenay Valley, working on horseback.[2] During the time he operated a hospital and treated many during an epidemic of typhoid.[2]

He later settled at Cranbrook, British Columbia, in the Kootenay Valley in 1899 to establish a medical practice.[2] He was one of the first and only physicians, a medical pioneer at Cranbrook.[3] A partnership with Dr. James Horace King of Cranbrook which started in 1903 was described as a "cornerstone in local medicine", with modern innovations being in use at the time, two examples being the first x-ray machine in the city being purchased for their hospital and the use of automobiles within the practice.[4][5]

In the British Columbia general election, 1941, Green was elected as a Conservative to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the district of Cranbrook. He was elected again in 1945 as a coalition member, serving until his retirement in 1949.[2][6]

He married Lillian Barbara Staples of Stillwater, Minnesota in June 1905.[7] One of his sons, William Otis Green also became a doctor in the Cranbrook area, with whom he later shared a practice with.[2][8] Frank W. Green died in 1953 of heart problems at St. Eugene Hospital in Cranbrook, which he had established. He was later cremated in Calgary.[9][10] His wife Lillian died on October 22, 1965 at Cranbrook.[11]

The F. W. Green Medical Centre and F. W. Green Memorial Home continuing care centre at Cranbrook are both named after him.

Electoral history

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Oscar Albin Eliasin 1,548 33.89% unknown
ConservativeFrank William Green 1,615 35.35% unknown
     Liberal Arnold Joseph McGrath 1,405 30.76% unknown
Total valid votes 4,568 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 52
Turnout %
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Labour ProgressiveWilliam Brown 193 4.56% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Henry Gammon 1,965 46.40% unknown
CoalitionFrank William Green 2,077 49.04% – unknown
Total valid votes 4,235 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 40
Turnout %

References

  1. ↑ Who's who and why - Google Books. Retrieved 2013-03-21 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Spencer Mansion: A House, a Home, and an Art Gallery - Robert Ratcliffe Taylor - Google Books. Retrieved 2013-03-21 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "The Florence Nightingales: Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History: Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History". Basininstitute.org. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  4. ↑ http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20120127/CRANBROOK0301/301279995/0/take-care-on-the-roads
  5. ↑ Triumph and Tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass - Diana Wilson - Google Books. Retrieved 2013-03-21 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ An electoral history of British Columbia, 1871–1986
  7. ↑ Journal of the American Medical Association - Google Books. Retrieved 2013-03-21 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19360513&id=JHctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7019,1495645
  9. ↑ Death Certificate
  10. ↑ "Record Details —". Familysearch.org. 1953-12-24. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  11. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLTR-7W5
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