Frank Robert Falconer (January 25, 1883 – August 1970) was a provincial politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Political career

Falconer ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1930 Alberta general election Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condit ...

as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Athabasca. He defeated incumbent John Frame in a closely contested race. Falconer ran for a second term in the

1935 Alberta general election The 1935 Alberta general election was held on August 22, 1935, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The newly founded Social Credit Party of Alberta won a sweeping victory, unseating the 14-year government of the United Farme ...

. He was defeated by Social Credit candidate Clarence Tade finishing second in the field of three candidates.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falconer, Frank Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1970 deaths 1883 births