Charles Stanford Douglas (October 1, 1852 – April 15, 1917) born in

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, co-journalist and realtor, was the 13th

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, serving one term of office in 1909. He represented Emerson from 1883 to 1888 in the

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as a

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. The son of John A. Douglas, Emerson was educated at Wayland University in Wisconsin. In 1877, he came to Canada, settling in

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, where he was the publisher of the ''Fort William Day Book''. Douglas moved to

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the following year and established a new newspaper, ''The Emerson International'', there. In 1881, he married Annie Johnston. Emerson was the U.S. vice-consul at Emerson, served on the town council and was mayor of Emerson in 1888. He was elected to the Manitoba assembly in an 1883 by-election held after Frederick Burnham was unseated for bribery and was reelected in 1886. In 1909, Douglas married Elizabeth Manley (née Fisher), a widow, after the death of his first wife. He died in Vancouver at the age of 64.

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