Frank Bezanson

Frank Curwin Bezanson (August 31, 1928 – November 10, 1993) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Kings West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1971 to 1978. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Bezanson was born in Westville, Nova Scotia and was educated there. He was an insurance agent. In 1948, he married Wanda Alice Banks.[2] Bezanson made his first attempt at entering provincial politics in the 1967 election, but lost to Progressive Conservative Gordon Tidman by 97 votes.[3] He ran again in the 1970 election, with Tidman winning the seat on election night by 16 votes.[4] However a recount resulted in a tie with both Bezanson and Tidman receiving 3735 votes.[5] The returning officer cast the deciding vote for Tidman, declaring him the winner.[6] The Liberals appealed the result and a judge declared the vote null and void and ordered a by-election.[6][7] On November 16, 1971, Bezanson won the by-election, defeating Progressive Conservative Fred Chisholm by 323 votes.[8][9] Bezanson was re-elected in the 1974 election.[10] He was defeated by Progressive Conservative George Moody when he ran for re-election in the 1978 election.[11] He died in Toronto, Ontario on November 10, 1993.[12]