frank, campbell, biggs, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, dec. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Frank Campbell Biggs news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Frank Campbell Biggs September 13 1881 March 27 1942 was a United Farmers of Ontario member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented Wentworth North from 1919 to 1926 He served in the cabinet for the Ernest Charles Drury Coalition government from 1919 to 1923 as Minister of Public Works and Minister of Public Highways Frank Campbell BiggsOntario MPPIn office 1919 1926Preceded byArthur Frederick RykertSucceeded byAlex Laurence ShaverConstituencyWentworth NorthPersonal detailsBorn 1881 09 13 September 13 1881Brantford OntarioDiedMarch 27 1942 1942 03 27 aged 69 Redlands CaliforniaPolitical partyUnited Farmers of OntarioSpouseBeulah HowellOccupationDairy farmer Biggs was a farmer the son of Richard L Biggs 1847 1925 and Ella A Howell 1885 1932 and was educated in Dundas Guelph and Hamilton Biggs served as warden for Wentworth County and reeve for Beverly Township Ontario He raised cattle and was a director of the Wentworth Agricultural Society Biggs was said to be the first in the county to have used electric milking and cooling machines As Minister of Highways he initiated the development of the province s system of paved highways His uncle Samuel Clarke Biggs was a member of the Manitoba legislature Biggs left the Legislature in 1926 and died in Redlands California in 1942 He is interred at Mount Zion Cemetery in Beverly Township Wentworth County Ontario with his wife Beulah Howell 1885 1965 1 Cabinet posts editOntario provincial government of Ernest Drury Cabinet post 1 Predecessor Office Successor Findlay George MacDiarmid Minister of Public Works and Highways1919 1923 George Stewart HenryReferences edit Mount Zion Cemetery Surnames A D Beverly Township Wentworth County Ontario Interment net Retrieved 2016 07 29 Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1922 EJ ChambersExternal links editOntario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history Ancaster s Heritage 1973 nbsp This article about an Ontario MPP is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frank Campbell Biggs amp oldid 1202552172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
