Frank William Green
Frank W. Green M.D., C.M., F.A.C.S | |
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| MLA for Cranbrook | |
| In office 1941–1949 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Mitchell MacPherson |
| Succeeded by | Leo Thomas Nimsick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1876 Victoria, British Columbia |
| Died | December 24, 1953 (aged 77) Cranbrook, British Columbia |
| Resting place | small |
| Political party | Conservative, coalition |
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| Occupation | physician, surgeon |
Frank William Green (March 15, 1876 – December 24, 1953) was a Canadian physician and politician.
Green was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1877 to Alexander Alfred Green and Theophila Turner.[1] He attended Corrig College at Victoria. After the death of his father in 1891, Green relocated to Montreal to attend McGill University where he would obtain his medical degree.[2] Upon his graduation from McGill in 1898, Green worked as a physician on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Crowsnest Pass line, in the Kootenay Valley, working on horseback. During the time he operated a hospital and treated workers during an epidemic of typhoid.[2]
He later settled at Cranbrook, British Columbia, in the Kootenay Valley in 1899 to establish a medical practice.[2] He was one of the first and only physicians, a medical pioneer at Cranbrook.[3] A partnership with Dr. James Horace King of Cranbrook which started in 1903 was described as a "cornerstone in local medicine", with modern innovations being in use at the time, two examples being the first x-ray machine in the city being purchased for their hospital and the use of automobiles within the practice.[4][5]
In the British Columbia general election, 1941, Green was elected as a Conservative to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the district of Cranbrook. He was elected again in 1945 as a coalition member, serving until his retirement in 1949.[6][2]
He married Lillian Barbara Staples of Stillwater, Minnesota in June 1905.[7] Onw of his sons, William Otis Green also became a doctor in the Cranbrook area.[8] He died in 1953 of heart problems at St. Eugene Hospital, which he had established, in Cranbrook. He was later cremated in Calgary.[9][10]