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Charles Edward Hamilton

Charles Edward Hamilton

Canadian politician

For the British politician of the same name, see Sir Charles Hamilton, 1st Baronet.

Charles Edward Hamilton (1844[1] – 25 May 1919) was a Canadian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and as the seventh Mayor of Winnipeg in 1885.

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Born in Rochester, England, Hamilton emigrated to Canada before studying law. Hamilton married Alma Lizzie Ashworth of Ottawa.[2] After moving from St. Catharines, Ontario to Winnipeg in 1881, he established a law practice. In the 1884 city election, he won the contest for mayor as a citizen's candidate.[1]

On 24 February 1885, Hamilton won a provincial by-election in the Winnipeg South riding for the Conservative party. In the 1886 provincial election, he won the Shoal Lake riding.[3]

Hamilton left provincial politics and in 1888 moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota where he became Vice-President of the Pacific and Oriental Investment Company in 1897,[1] as well as serving as the British Vice-Consul for Minnesota.[2] Hamilton died in 1919.[4]

Hamilton's son, Charles Ashworth Hamilton, was the founder of Hamilton's Stores in Yellowstone National Park.[2]

Hamilton Avenue in Winnipeg is named in C.E. Hamilton's honour.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Manitoba Historical Society - Charles Edward Hamilton
  2. [2]
    Petersen, Gwen (1985). Yellowstone Pioneers: The Story of the Hamilton Stores and Yellowstone National Park. Hamilton Stores. pp. 22–24. ISBN 0-86679-016-0.
  3. [3]
    MLA Biographies - Deceased at the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Archived March 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Petersen, p. 29



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