Charles Edward Church (January 3, 1835 – January 3, 1906) was a Canadian politician.

Charles Edward Church
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Lunenburg
In office
1872–1878
Preceded byEdmund Mortimer McDonald
Succeeded byCharles Edwin Kaulbach
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Lunenburg
In office
1882–1901
Senator from Nova Scotia
In office
1902–1906
Personal details
Born(1835-01-03)January 3, 1835
Tancook Island, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
DiedJanuary 3, 1906(1906-01-03) (aged 71)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada[1]
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations
Nova Scotia Liberal Party
SpouseHenrietta A. Pugsley
CabinetCommissioner of Works and Mines (1882-1884)
Provincial Secretary (1884-1891 & 1896-1901)

Early life and education

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Born in Tancook Island, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles Lott Anthony Church and Sarah Hiltz,[1] Church was educated in Chester and Truro, Nova Scotia.

Career

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He was a school teacher for over ten years and then he started in business as a merchant. In 1884, Church married Henrietta A. Pugsley.[1] He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1872 for Lunenburg. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1874 and was defeated in 1878. From 1874 to 1878, he was Liberal Whip in the House of Commons for the Maritime Provinces.

He was elected in 1882 to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia and sat there until 1902 when he was called to the Senate. Church was Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia for two years in the William Thomas Pipes administration, and Commissioner of Public Works and Mines for 15 years, in the William Stevens Fielding and George Henry Murray administrations. He was called to the Senate on February 8, 1902, on the advice of Wilfrid Laurier representing the senatorial division of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He served until his death in 1906.[2]

He was a grandson of Charles Lot Church.

Electoral record

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1872 Canadian federal election: Lunenburg
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles Edward Church 1,338
Unknown W.H. Owens 1,205
Source: Canadian Elections Database[3]
1874 Canadian federal election: Lunenburg
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles Edward Church acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca
1878 Canadian federal election: Lunenburg
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Charles Edwin Kaulbach 1,899
Liberal Charles Edward Church 1,173

References

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  1. ^ a b c Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  2. ^ The Canadian Parliament: Biographical Sketches and Photo-Engravures of the Senators and Members of the House of Commons of Canada. Montreal: The Perrault Printing Co. 1906. pp. 62. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
  3. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
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