Charles Edward Redfern was an English

England

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-born jeweller and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada. He was mayor of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

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 from 1882 to 1883 and from 1896 to 1899.

He was born in London

London

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, the son of Charles Edward Redfern, and apprenticed with his father, a watchmaker. Redfern came to Victoria in 1862, where he entered the jewelry business. In 1877, he married Eliza Arden Robinson. He is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia.