William Charles Frank was a Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

. He was a businessman and merchant by career.

He first attempted to seek election as a Member of Parliament at the Middlesex

Middlesex (electoral district)

Middlesex was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding in the 1968 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1968

The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...

 but was defeated by Jim Lind

Jim Lind (politician)

James Gordon Lind was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Westminster Township, Ontario and became a lumber merchant by career....

 of the Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

. Frank made another attempt there in the 1972 general election

Canadian federal election, 1972

The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...

 and succeeded that time. However, he only served in the 29th Canadian Parliament

29th Canadian Parliament

The 29th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 4, 1973 until May 9, 1974. The membership was set by the 1972 federal election on October 30, 1972, and it was dissolved prior to the 1974 election....

 and with changes to electoral district boundaries, he campaigned in the new Middlesex—London—Lambton riding and lost to Liberal candidate Larry Condon

Larry Condon

Joseph Lawrence Condon was a Canadian politician.Condon served one term in the Canadian House of Commons as a federal Liberal Member of Parliament...

. Bill Frank made one more unsuccessful attempt to return to Parliament in the 1980 election

Canadian federal election, 1980

The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...

 at London—Middlesex

London—Middlesex

London—Middlesex was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario....

, but again a Liberal candidate, Garnet Bloomfield

Garnet Bloomfield

Garnet McCallum Bloomfield was Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a farmer by career....

, won.

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