Frank Findlay (1884 – 31 March 1945) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Findlay was born in

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, Scotland, in 1884. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1902. In his younger days, he was a successful athlete, including the champion for decathlon and high and long jump in Northland. From 1921, he was a baker in

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and belonged to the

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, where he was an elder. He was active with the YMCA. He was on the Hamilton Borough Council for 12 years and served as

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for some time. In the , he defeated the incumbent, Charles Barrell from Labour, in the Hamilton electorate. He suffered a heart attack while playing tennis and died in Waikato Hospital some days later on 31 March 1945. He died while holding office as an MP. His death caused a

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that was won by

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