Charles Dalton (June 9, 1850 – December 9, 1933) was a Canadian businessman, politician and philanthropist on

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Biography

Charles Dalton was born at

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, the son of Patrick Dalton and Margaret McCarthy. He first worked as a farmer and then a druggist. He married Anne Gavin in 1874. Dalton earned his fortune through silver fox breeding, in the process making the island the centre of the world's trade in the fur-bearing animal. He used his fortune to purchase ''

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'' newspaper in Charlottetown.Gary MacDougall
"Our History"
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'', accessed May 6, 2008 He served as a

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provincial cabinet minister and then the 13th

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from 1930 until his death in 1933. During

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, he donated a motor ambulance to the Canadian government. He also built a school in his home town of Tignish. In 1916, he was named a Knight Commander in the

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. Dalton became devoted to the fight against

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after losing a daughter to the disease, donating funds to allow for the construction of a

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on the island which was named in his honour."Tuberculosis History in Canada: Sir Charles Dalton"
, Canadian Lung Association

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, Charles Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs Canadian newspaper publishers (people) Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island Knights Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great 1850 births 1933 deaths Burials at Kensico Cemetery People from Tignish, Prince Edward Island