Constituency : Mid Bedfordshire 1922-24
Frederick took Mid Bedfordshire from the Tories in a straight fight. He was an Asquithian.
Frederick was a corn merchant. He was a councillor in Worthing and was Mayor in 1906-08. He contested Horncastle in December 1910 and in a by-election the following year. He was a Primitive Methodist.
Frederick's maiden speech called for government action to ease unemployment.
Frederick held on in 1923 despite Labour's intervention.
Frederick was an imperialist who had travelled in Africa. In 1924 he was appointed to the East African Parliamentary Commission and visited Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Nyasaland and Rhodesia.
Frederick was in Africa when the 1924 election was called and had to campaign by telegraph. He lost to the Tories in a straight fight.
In 1926, Frederick contested Howdenshire in a by-election, coming second. In 1927 he served on a party committee looking into the London constituencies.He contested Horncastle in 1929 , again coming second. He was due to stand at Stoke Newington in 1931 but withdrew before the contest. He was a member of the National Council for the Prevention of War and an organisation promoting temperance in Africa.
He died in 1939 aged 78.
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