on. For biog., _see_ Morice, _Dict._; Bibaud, _Pan. Can._

=Franchise Act, 1885.= =Md= Its terms, 258-259; fiercely opposed by
Liberals, 259-260; repealed by Laurier administration, 260. =Bib.=:
Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald_; Willison, _Sir Wilfrid Laurier
and the Liberal Party_.

=Francois Xavier, Saint.= =L= Patron saint of Canada, 87.

=Franklin, Benjamin= (1706-1790). American statesman and philosopher.
=Index=: =Dr= Heads commission to enquire into affairs in Canada, 135;
his report, 136. =WM= Did not believe British colonies would revolt,
269. =Bib.=: _Autobiography_; _Complete Works_, ed. by Bigelow. For
biog., _see Cyc. Amer. Biog._; _also_ Larned, _Lit. Am. Hist._

=Franklin, Sir John= (1786-1847). Served at Trafalgar, in the
_Bellerophon_. Headed overland expedition of 1819-1822, from York
Factory by way of Great Slave Lake, to the mouth of the Coppermine, and
the Arctic coast; and second expedition, 1825-1827, in which he
continued his explorations of the northern coast of the continent.
Started on third expedition, by sea, 1845, to make North-West Passage.
The ships had to be abandoned, and Franklin and all his men perished in
the attempt to reach one of the remote northern posts of the Hudson's
Bay Company. =Bib.=: Works: _Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea,
1823_; _Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea_. For biog.,
_see_ Richardson, _Arctic Searching Expedition_; Rae, _Narrative_;
McClintock, _Narrative of the Fate of Sir John Franklin_; Osborn,
_Career, Last Voyage, and Fate of Sir John Franklin_; _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Franklin, Michael.= Born in England. Came to Halifax, 1752. Elected to
the Assembly, 1759; appointed to the Council, 1762; lieutenant-governor,
1766. Organized the militia of the province, 1776-1777: largely
instrumental in securing the peace of Nova Scotia during the
Revolutionary War. Appointed commissioner of Indian affairs. Died, 1782.
=Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_.

=Fraser.= =Dr= Appointed judge, 183.

=Fraser, Captain.= =Dr= His connection with the Walker case, 19, 36, 38.

=Fraser, Duncan Cameron= (1845-1910). Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Educated at Dalhousie University; studied law and called to the bar of
Nova Scotia, 1873. Appointed to the Legislative Council, 1878, but
resigned same year to run for the Assembly. Again called to the
Legislative and Executive Councils, 1888. Sat in the House of Commons
for Guysborough, 1891-1904;