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Preceded by
  
John Scott

Name
  
Charles Sparrow


Charles Sparrow Charles Sparrow QC DL FSA Honorary Counsellor

Died
  
January 26, 1897, Ottawa, Canada

Succeeded by
  
Richard William Scott

Charles Sparrow (1808 – January 26, 1897) was the fifth mayor of Bytown.

Charles Sparrow Charles Sparrow

He was born in Quebec in 1808 and moved to Bytown while still young. Sparrow owned a general store and tannery on Sussex Street in the Lower Town part of Bytown. He was elected to municipal council in 1850 and became mayor in 1851. He is buried at Notre-Dame Cemetery.

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