Frederick Andrew Laurence

Frederick Andrew Laurence
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Colchester
In office
1904–1907
Preceded bySeymour Eugene Gourley
Succeeded byJohn Stanfield
MLA for Colchester County
In office
1886–1904
Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
In office
1903–1904
Preceded byThomas Robertson
Succeeded byEdward Matthew Farrell
In office
1894–1901
Preceded byMichael Joseph Power
Succeeded byThomas Robertson
Personal details
Born(1843-04-23)April 23, 1843
Port Hood, Nova Scotia
DiedFebruary 13, 1912(1912-02-13) (aged 68)
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party
Other political
affiliations
Liberal

Frederick Andrew Laurence (April 23, 1843 – February 13, 1912) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Port Hood, Nova Scotia, Laurence was educated at the Provincial Normal School of Nova Scotia and at Dalhousie University. A lawyer, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate for the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Colchester in the 1882 federal election. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Colchester in 1886 and was re-elected in 1890, 1894, 1897 and 1901. A Nova Scotia Liberal, he was Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1895 to 1901 and from 1903 to 1904. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1904 federal election. He resigned in 1907 when he was appointed a judge.