Frederick Tennyson Congdon (November 16, 1858 - March 13, 1932) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and served as the Yukon's fourth Commissioner. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. Commissioner is a designation that may be used for a variety of official positions especially referring to a high-ranked public (administrative or Police) official or an analogous
Congdon was born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia and attended Yarmouth High School. Annapolis County ( 2006 population 21438 is a County in the Canadian province of Nova Following graduation, he received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Toronto in 1879 and a Bachelor of Laws (LL. This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law B. ) degree in 1883. He then attended the Inner Temple in London to study law. The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London which may call members to London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
He was then an editorial writer for the Halifax Morning Chronicle between 1885 and 1887. He then practised law and lectured at Dalhousie University. Dalhousie University is a University located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1898, he wrote Congdon's Digest of Nova Scotia Reports.
Around the turn of the 20th century, Congdon moved to the Yukon Territory to serve as Crown Prosecutor and legal advisor to the Yukon Council. Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. Crown Prosecutors are the Public prosecutors in the legal system of Australia. In 1903, he was appointed Commissioner.
His term in office was not looked upon with a positive feeling and it was mired by corruption and controversy. He has also been blamed for the disincorporation of Dawson City in 1904.
Only a year after his appointment, Congdon resigned so he could win the Yukon's seat in the Canadian House of Commons, which had been recently vacated by former Yukon Commissioner James Hamilton Ross, who left his seat when he was appointed to the Canadian Senate. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and James Hamilton Ross ( May 12 1856 - December 14 1932) was a Canadian politician The Senate of Canada (Le Sénat du Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the sovereign (represented by the governor general A loyal Liberal Party member, Congdon was defeated for the seat in Parliament. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political
However, he did not give up hope that he would sit in the House. He finally won the seat in 1908 in a by-election, but lost it in 1911. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant This would be the last and only time that Congdon would serve as Member of Parliament for the Yukon. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.
After 1921, following yet another defeat, Congdon practised law in Toronto. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario He went once more for the seat, in 1926, only to suffer his last defeat. He died in Ottawa in 1932. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.
| Preceded by James Hamilton Ross |
Commissioner of the Yukon 1903–1904 |
Succeeded by William Wallace Burns McInnes |
| Preceded by Alfred Thompson |
Member of Parliament for the Yukon 1908–1911 |
Succeeded by Alfred Thompson |
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