Political party Liberal | Spouse(s) Henrietta A. Pugsley Name Charles Church | |
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Preceded by Edmund Mortimer McDonald Born January 3, 1835
Tancook Island, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia ( 1835-01-03 ) Died January 3, 1906(1906-01-03) (aged 71)
Halifax, Nova Scotia Other political
affiliations Nova Scotia Liberal Party | ||
Succeeded by Charles Edwin Kaulbach | ||
Charles Edward Church (January 3, 1835 – January 3, 1906) was a Canadian politician.
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Early life and education
Born in Tancook Island, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles Lott Anthony Church and Sarah Hiltz, Church was educated in Chester and Truro, Nova Scotia.
Career
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. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons 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.
He was a grandson of Charles Lot Church.