Charles Hay (October 28, 1843 – November 14, 1924
) was a
Scottish-Canadian merchant and political figure in
Manitoba, Canada. He represented
Norfolk from 1883 to 1886 in the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a
Liberal.
He was born on
Flotta,
Orkney
Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...
, the son of James Hay, local school principal,
and came to
Portage la Prairie,
Rupert's Land in 1862. In 1869, Hay married Annie Munro Wild. He was postmaster at Portage la Prairie and served on the council for the
Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie.
Hay was also a
justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
. He was a member of the firm Campbell, Hay and Boddy.
Around 1914, Hay retired to
Vancouver,
British Columbia, where he died at the age of 81.
References
1843 births
1924 deaths
19th-century Scottish people
19th-century Canadian people
People from Orkney
Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs
British emigrants to pre-Confederation Manitoba
19th-century Scottish merchants
Politicians from Portage la Prairie
People from Portage la Prairie
Scottish emigrants to Canada
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