Frederick Douglas Hodges CM (19 April 1918 - 21 July 1999) was a Canadian labour leader, civil rights activist, politician and humanitarian.

During the Second World War, he served for two years in the Royal Canadian Airforce as a radio-telephone operator in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

[3] In the 1950s, Hodges lobbied for the Saint John District Labour Council to establish a standing committee on human rights, becoming its first chairman.

[3] In 1969, Hodges was elected the vice-president of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour for the counties of Saint John-Charlotte-Queens, serving for 6 years.

In 1974, Hodges ran as an official labour candidate and became the first member of a visible minority to be elected as city councillor of Saint John.