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Frederick Parker Burden (December 28, 1874 – January 21, 1971) was a land surveyor and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Fort George in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1930 as a Conservative.
He was born in York County, New Brunswick, the son of Stephen P. Burden and Ruth Ann Hagerman and was educated in Fredericton and at the University of New Brunswick. In 1908, he married Jane Burgess Payson. Burden was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1924, losing to Henry George Thomas Perry. He defeated Perry in 1928. Burden served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Lands. He resigned his seat in the assembly on June 27, 1930; his appointment as agent general for British Columbia was announced on January 1, 1931.
The book Garibaldi Park: a wonderland of majestic mountains, mighty glaciers, emerald lakes and flower-clad alplands near Vancouver, British Columbia was published in 1929 by the Department of Lands with Burden listed as author.