Charles Edward Hamilton (1844–1919) was a Canadian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 and as the seventh Mayor of Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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 in 1885.

Born in Rochester, England, Hamilton emigrated to Canada before studying law. Hamilton married Alma Lizzie Ashworth of Ottawa

Ottawa

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. After moving from St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines, Ontario

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 to Winnipeg in 1881, he established a law practice. In the 1884 city election, he won the contest for mayor as a citizen's candidate.

On 24 February 1885, Hamilton won a provincial by-election in the Winnipeg South riding for the Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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. In the 1886 provincial election, he won the Shoal Lake riding.

Hamilton left provincial politics and in 1888 moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota

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 where he became Vice-President of the Pacific and Oriental Investment Company in 1897, as well as serving as the British Vice-Consul for Minnesota. Hamilton died in 1919.

Hamilton's son, Charles Ashworth Hamilton, was the founder of Hamilton's Stores

Hamilton's Stores (Yellowstone National Park)

Hamilton's Stores were concessioners in Yellowstone National Park from 1915 to 2002. The stores were founded by Winnipeg native Charles Hamilton, who arrived in Yellowstone in 1905, aged 21, to work for the Yellowstone Park Association. The stores provided food, souvenirs and sundries to tourists...

 in Yellowstone National Park

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.

Hamilton Avenue in Winnipeg is named in C.E. Hamilton's honour.