Frederick Davis Shaw

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Frederick Davis Shaw (August 4, 1909 – December 9, 1977) was a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Red Deer from 1940 to 1958. He belonged to the Social Credit Party and was elected in 1940, then re-elected in 1945, 1949, 1953 and 1957. In 1958, he was defeated by Progressive Conservative Harris George Rogers. After leaving Parliament, Shaw moved to British Columbia and tried twice more to enter Parliament, in 1962 and 1963, in the Okanagan Boundary riding but was defeated both times.

Known as "Jack," he was married to Eva and had four children: three sons, Douglas, Donald and Frederick Jr., and a daughter, Patricia, who was born on June 2, 1953, the day of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Shaw was born in Cardston, Alberta, and died on December 9, 1977, at age 68.