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Charles Martin Bowman

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Preceded by
  
New riding

Succeeded by
  
Riding abolished

Parents
  
Isaac Erb Bowman

Succeeded by
  
Riding abolished

Constituency
  
Bruce North

Constituency
  
Bruce West

Name
  
Charles Bowman

Resigned
  
1919

Preceded by
  
Role
  
Politician


Died
  
October 24, 1932, Kitchener, Canada

Political party
  
Ontario Liberal Party

Charles Martin Bowman (May 7, 1863 – October 24, 1932) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Bruce North from 1898 to 1914 and Bruce West from 1914 to 1919.

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Background

Bowman was born in St. Jacobs, Canada West, the son of Isaac Erb Bowman, and educated there and in Berlin (later Kitchener, Ontario). He entered his father's tanning business and set up a tannery in Southampton in 1882. After a fire destroyed that business, he purchased a tannery at Port Elgin. He went on to operate a furniture business in Southampton. He was also a president of the Great Lakes Dredging Company. With James Conmee, Bowman was awarded a contract for construction on the Algoma Central Railway. In 1886, he married Louisa Hesse. He died in Kitchener, Ontario in 1932.

Charles Martin Bowman: Elected Director of Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada 1916, and Chairman in 1926. Chairman of the Board of Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada; President: Colonization Finance Corp. Ltd.; Director: Durham Furniture Co. Ltd.,; Director: Canada Colonization association. Ref.: Who's Who in Canada, Advance Press Service

Politics

Bowman served on the town council for Southampton and also served as reeve for the town.

In the 1898 provincial election, he ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Bruce North. He defeated Conservative candidate D.M. Jormyn by 419 votes.

References

Charles Martin Bowman Wikipedia


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