Frank Calder (politician)

Frank Arthur Calder, OC OBC (August 3, 1915 – November 4, 2006) was a Nisga'a politician in Canada.He died November 4, 2006, at an assisted-living home in Victoria from the effects of cancer and recent abdominal surgery.In 1973, police found him in a consensual situation involving a female companion, alcohol and a car parked in an intersection.[1] In 1975, Calder crossed the floor to join the Social Credit Party of British Columbia and was re-elected.By appealing the case all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, Calder established that Aboriginal title exists in modern Canadian law.

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