Charles Maxwell Button (August 5, 1913 – 1983) was a former civil servant and politician in

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population ...

. He represented Trinity South in the

Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly () is the Unicameralism, unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Bu ...

from 1949 to 1956. The son of Elisha Button and Minnie Thistle, he was born in New Melbourne in 1913 and was educated there. He joined the Newfoundland Constabulary in 1931, becoming sergeant in charge of Labrador police patrols in 1934. From 1938 to 1949, he worked as a relief inspector in the Department of Public Welfare. Button was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949 and was re-elected in 1951. He retired from politics in 1956. In 1944, Button married Winnifred Barbour. He died in 1983.Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. (12 December 1983). ''Preliminary Unedited Transcript for the Period 3:00 - 6:00 P.M., 21 December 1983.'' Newfoundland and Labrador Assembly. https://www.assembly.nl.ca/houseBusiness/Hansard/ga39session2/December21-1983.pdf

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1913 births 1983 deaths Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs 20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly {{Newfoundland-politician-stub