Royce Frith
Glen Tay, Ontario | |
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| In office April 5, 1977 – August 29, 1994 | |
| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
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| Born | November 12, 1923 Lachine, Quebec |
| Died | March 17, 2005 (aged 81) Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto York University University of Ottawa |
| Occupation | Lawyer, diplomat, broadcaster |
Royce Herbert Frith,
Education
He received a BA from the University of Toronto, an LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Dipl. d’études supérieures (droit) from the University of Ottawa. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1949 and would become a partner in the Toronto firm of Magwood, Frith & Casey, specializing in litigation, municipal and broadcast and entertainment industry law.[2]
Broadcasting
An amateur actor and performer, Frith found time to act in plays, perform on the radio, and sing and play several instruments, while concurrently building his legal career. In 1949, he hosted western music show Home on the Range on radio station CFRB in Toronto.[3] He also sang in a choir as a youth that appeared regularly on CBC Radio and continued to appear on CBC singing in radio operas, acting in dramas such on the anthology series Wednesday Night and Stage and as a panelist on The Superior Sex and Live A Borrowed Life on CBC Television in the 1950s. In the 1960s he presented the public affairs show Telepoll on the CTV Television Network for several seasons.[2]
Frith successfully applied to the
Early political career
A resident of the Toronto suburb of
Active in Liberal Party politics, Frith was president of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1960 to 1961.
Federal government and Senate
Frith first came to prominence as a member of the
High Commissioner
Frith left the
Later life
In his last years, Firth was a lawyer with the firm Ladner Downs in
Bibliography
- Frith, Royce (1991). Hoods on the Hill: How Mulroney and His Gang Rammed the GST Past Parliament and Down Our Throats. Toronto, ON: Coach House Press. OCLC 796996447.
- —; Kuchar, Len (1993). The show must not go on. Montreal, QC: Robert Davies Publishing. OCLC 30484876.
References
- ^ "Parliamentarian File - Complete File - FRITH, The Hon. Royce Herbert, C.M., Q.C., B.A., LL.B., D.E.S.(D)". PARLINFO. Parliament of Canada. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ a b c "CKWW-AM". History of Canadian Broadcasting. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "CFRB-AM". Canadian Communications Foundation – Fondation Des Communications Canadiennes. Broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ Redway, Alan (February 1, 2017). "Canada's 150th: Celebrating Leaside's colourful Senator Royce Frith". Leaside Life. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
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