Wednesday, 29 March 2017
1513 Frederick Chance
Constituency : Carlisle 1905-10
Frederick took over at Carlisle when the Speaker William Gully was forced to step down on health grounds.
Frederick's family operated a large cotton mill in the town. He was the nephew of Robert Ferguson, MP for Carlisle from 1874 to 1886. He was Mayor of Carlisle in 1904 and sat on Cumberland County Council.
Frederick was unopposed in 1906.
Frederick's only speech in the Commons was in support of the Education Bill.
Frederick stood down in January 1910.
He died in 1932 aged 79.
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