Charles Constantine Hodgins

Charles C. Hodgins
Ontario MPP
In office
1905–1908
Preceded byWilliam Henry Taylor
Succeeded byDuncan Campbell Ross
ConstituencyMiddlesex North
Personal details
Born(1857-09-16)September 16, 1857
Biddulph township
DiedMarch 11, 1942(1942-03-11) (aged 84)
Woodstock, Ontario
Political partyConservative
SpouseMargaret Matilda Hodgins (m. 1884)
Children2
OccupationHospital administrator

Charles Constantine Hodgins (September 16, 1857 – March 11, 1942) was a farmer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Middlesex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1908 as a Conservative member.[1]

Biography

The son of John Hodgins and Amelia Roberts, he was born in Biddulph township. After completing his education, Hodgins taught school for eight years, after which he settled on a farm.[1] He served as reeve for the township from 1887 to 1897. His grandfather Colonel James Hodgins, a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, had served as the first reeve of Biddulph.[2]

In 1884, he married Matilda Hodgins.[1] In 1908 he was appointed bursar of Ontario Hospital in Woodstock and then transferred to a hospital in Kingston in 1914. He retired in 1927. He died in 1942 in Woodstock.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c History of the County of Middlesex, Canada: From the Earliest Time to the Present, ... 1889. p. 862.
  2. ^ Culbert, Terry (2005). Terry Culbert's Lucan: Home of the Donnellys : Linger Longer in Lovely Lucan. p. 70. ISBN 1897113315.
  3. ^ "Former provincial member, Charles C. Hodgins dies". The Globe and Mail. March 12, 1942. p. 12.