Frederick George Sanderson (12 October 1870 – 8 December 1954) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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and became an agent, farmer and manufacturer by career. He attended St. Marys Collegiate Institute, then studied at the Ontario College of Pharmacy. His functions with the Liberal Party included a role as Ontario Liberal Whip in 1926, and in 1929 he became chief Ontario organizer for the federal party. Sanderson was a municipal politician in

, as a councillor from 1908 to 1910, then mayor in 1911 and 1912, and served on the Public Utility Commission from 1914 to 1916. He served as a captain of the Canadian army in

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. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected in

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and

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. In 1933, his riding became known as

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and he was re-elected in

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and

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. On 13 February 1936, he was appointed Deputy

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. Sanderson finished his term in the

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and did not seek a further term in the 1945 election.

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* 1870 births 1954 deaths Canadian farmers Canadian Expeditionary Force officers Liberal Party of Canada MPs 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Ontario municipal councillors 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Ontario-mayor-stub