Charles Evans (politician)

Charles Evans
Member of Parliament
for Maple Creek
In office
October 1935 – April 1945
Personal details
Born Charles Robert Evans
(1882-09-08)8 September 1882
Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
Died 29 October 1947(1947-10-29) (aged 65)
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Maynie E. Colbie
m. 21 May 1913[1]
Profession farmer, lumber merchant

Charles Robert Evans (8 September 1882 – 29 October 1947) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Mount Forest, Ontario and became a farmer and lumber merchant.

He attended public and high schools in Mount Forest, and graduated from a two-year program at British American College.[1]

Evans participated in municipal politics at Piapot, Saskatchewan as a school trustee and as a councillor.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Maple Creek riding in the 1935 general election and was re-elected for a second term in the 1940 election. After completing this term, Evans left federal politics and did not seek re-election in 1945.

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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