Charles Edwin Kaulbach was a merchant, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Lunenburg

Lunenburg (electoral district)

Lunenburg was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925 and from 1949 to 1953. Its boundary was that of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.-History:...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1878 to 1882, from 1883 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1904 as a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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 member.

He was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg , is a Canadian port town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.Situated on the province's South Shore, Lunenburg is located on a peninsula at the western side of Mahone Bay. The town is approximately 90 kilometres southwest of the county boundary with the Halifax Regional Municipality.The...

, the son of John H. Kaulbach, who was high sheriff for Lunenburg, and Sophia Fredericka Newman. He was educated in Lunenburg. Kaulbach was a lieutenant-colonel in the militia and also served as high sheriff for Lunenburg

Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg County is a county located on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, It ranges from Hubbards to the east and Vogler's Cove to the west.-History:...

. He was also a director of the Lunenburg Marine Insurance Company. He was defeated in the 1882 general election but won a subsequent by-election held in 1883 after the election results were appealed. Kaulbach was defeated in bids for reelection in 1887 and 1904. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia

City of Halifax

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 at the age of 72.

His older brother Henry

Henry Kaulback

Henry Adolphus Newman Kaulback was a lawyer, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1863 to 1867 and sat for Lunenburg in the Senate of Canada from 1872 to 1896...

served in the provincial assembly and the Senate of Canada.