Charles Adams (February 27, 1858
– April 2, 1931
) was a
harness
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* Child harness
* Climbing harness
* Dog harness
* Pet harness
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* Parrot harness
* ...
maker and political figure in
Manitoba
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. He represented
Brandon City from 1893 to 1899 in the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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as a
Liberal
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.
He was born in
Norwich township,
Canada West
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,
the son of H.J. Adams, and was educated in
Oxford County and at Dundas Collegiate Institute. He learned the harness-making trade from his father and began business in Oxford County. Adams married Clara Filey in 1877. In 1881, he moved to Manitoba, settling in
Brandon
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. Adams served on Brandon town council and was mayor in 1887.
He was elected to the Manitoba assembly in an 1893 by-election held after the results of the election in 1892 were declared void and then was elected again in an 1894 by-election. Adams was reelected in 1896 and then was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1899.
The Adams Brothers Harness Company later moved its headquarters to
Toronto
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and had branch offices in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary. Adams served as president and general manager of the company.
He died of
arteriosclerosis
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at his home in Toronto at the age of 73.
The
Adams Brothers Harness Manufacturing Company Building in Toronto has been designed as a heritage building under the Ontario Heritage Act.
References
1858 births
1931 deaths
Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs
Mayors of Brandon, Manitoba
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