Frank Pierpoint Appleby (December 23, 1913 – May 18, 2015) was a Canadian politician and Royal Air Force officer from Alberta.

[2][3] He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and attained the rank of Sergeant.

Appleby first ran for office in the 1944 Alberta general election for one of the three seats allocated to active servicemen in World War II.

[4] He made another bid for a seat in the Alberta legislature twenty-seven years later, in the 1971 general election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Athabasca.

[5] He won a second term in office in the 1975 general election with almost 60% of the popular vote, his best showing in his career.