Frank Arthur Philbrook (9 November 1931 30 October 2017) was a

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member of the

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. He graduated from the

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as MD in 1958, and was a member of the

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. He retired from medical practice in 1993. Philbrook was born in

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, Ontario. Before entering politics, he spent two years at a mission hospital in

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and then four years as Medical Officer on a

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project in

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. Upon returning to Canada, he became director of clinical research at Ortho-Pharmaceuticals Canada Ltd, before returning to private practice in 1973. He was first elected at the Halton riding in the 1974 general election and served in the

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, but was defeated in the 1979 federal election by

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of the Progressive Conservative party.

Electoral record

Halton

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Philbrook, Frank A. 1931 births Canadian general practitioners Liberal Party of Canada MPs 2017 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Politicians from Toronto 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada