Charles Burpee was a New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 farmer and political figure. He represented Sunbury

Sunbury (electoral district)

Sunbury was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Sunbury—Queen's riding.-Members of Parliament:This riding...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1867 to 1887 as a Liberal

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 member. He was a member of the Senate of Canada representing New Brunswick in 1900.

He was born in Sheffield

Sheffield, New Brunswick

Sheffield is a community in Sunbury County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The founder of Burpee Seed, W. Atlee Burpee was from Sheffield....

, Sunbury County, New Brunswick

Sunbury County, New Brunswick

Sunbury County is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto...

 in 1817 and grew up there. His family had settled there around 1763 after leaving Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. Burpee served on the provincial board of agriculture from 1864 to 1865. He married Charlotte Perley Hayward. Moffatt was named to the Senate on February 1, 1900 and resigned on July 19 in the same year.