Charles Elijah Fish (January 5, 1857 – July 3, 1933) was a businessman and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Northumberland County in the

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from 1899 to 1903 and

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in the

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from 1925 to 1926 as a

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member. He was born and educated in

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, the son of the lumber and flour merchant James A. Fish and Elizabeth McAllister. He was a lieutenant in the local militia. Fish became a lumber merchant and building contractor, in 1885 purchasing the

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quarry in Newcastle and securing that year the contract to supply sandstone for construction of the

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in Ottawa.Gwen L. Martin, ''Gesner's Dream: the trials and triumphs of early mining in New Brunswick'', CIMMP, 2003, p. 132 Fish later served on the council for Northumberland County, also serving as county warden, and was at one time mayor of Newcastle. Serving just two years as a Member of Parliament, he was defeated in a bid for reelection to the House of Commons in 1926. He married Annie Willard and their daughter, Frances Lillian Fish became a lawyer, the first woman admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar.

Electoral record

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