Source: Library and Archives Canada
Charles Burpee (June 18, 1817 – November 29, 1909) was a New Brunswick farmer and political figure. He represented Sunbury in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1887 as a Liberal member. He was a member of the Senate of Canada representing New Brunswick in 1900.[1]
He was born in Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick in 1817 and grew up there. His family had settled there around 1763 after leaving Massachusetts. Burpee served on the provincial board of agriculture from 1864 to 1865.[2] He married Charlotte Perley Hayward.[3] Burpee was named to the Senate on February 1, 1900, and resigned on July 19 in the same year.[1]
| 1867 Canadian federal election: Sunbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Burpee | 664 | ||||||
| Unknown | William E. Perley | 425 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[4] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Sunbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Burpee | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[5] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Sunbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Burpee | 556 | ||||||
| Unknown | William E. Perley | 495 | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Sunbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Burpee | 558 | ||||||
| Conservative | William Dell Perley | 517 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Sunbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Burpee | 618 | ||||||
| Conservative | William Dell Perley | 537 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election: Sunbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Robert Duncan Wilmot | 588 | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Burpee | 555 | ||||||
- ^ a b Charles Burpee – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1880, CH Mackintosh
- ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.