Fonds 77-025 - Cecil G. Frost fonds

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Cecil G. Frost fonds

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    CA ON00333 77-025

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    • 1923-1947 (Creation)

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    30 cm of textual records

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    Cecil Grey Frost (1897-1947) was the younger brother of the Honourable Leslie M. Frost. His father, William Sword Frost, operated a jewellery and watchmaking business in Orillia, and as Mayor, introduced the concept of daylight saving time to the municipality. Cecil Grey Frost served overseas with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps during the World War I. When he returned to Canada, he attended Osgoode Hall Law School and graduated in 1921. He and his brother Leslie then opened a legal firm in Lindsay, Ontario, and both soon became active in local Conservative Politics. This led to Cecil's election in 1936 as Mayor of Lindsay, and in 1937 to the Presidency of the Ontario Conservative Association, As well, he organized and managed Earl Rowe's campaign in the provincial election of 1937. Thought of as a potential party leader himself, Cecil Grey Frost remained politically active until his sudden death on June 8, 1947.

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    Fonds was in the custody of Leslie Frost until donated to Trent University.

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    Fonds consists of records and other material created and accumulated by Cecile G. Frost. Fonds includes correspondence, reports, notes and other records relating to the provincial election of 1937, federal election of 1940, Progressive Conservative party conventions of 1938 and 1942, Port Hope conference of 1942, meetings of the Dominion Conservative party in 1944 and 1946. It also includes material regarding the murder trial of John Schell, 1923-25 and to municipal and school board affairs, Lindsay, 1936-47.

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    Fonds was donated to Trent University by Leslie Frost in 1970.

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        www.trentu.ca/library/archives/77-025.htm

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        Related material can be found in the Leslie Frost fonds, 77-024

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