He was born in Harmony , East Whitby , Canada West , the son of Job Wilson Fowke and Adeline Perkins Stone , the daughter of Marshall B. Stone , a Minnesota senator . Fowke operated a general store and sold grain and coal . He served as mayor of Oshawa from 1898 to 1907 ; his term was briefly interrupted by Robert McLaughlin who served during the year 1899 . Fowke served as MP for Ontario South from 1908-1911 , however he was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1911 by William Smith . He served as a commissioner in charge of restoration following the Halifax Explosion . Fowke was also a member of the Toronto Board of Trade and owned Gladstone Villa in Oshawa
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Frederick Luther Fowke