Charles Douglas (Canadian politician)

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Charles Stanford Douglas (October 1, 1852 – April 15, 1917) born in Madison, Wisconsin,<ref name="mhs"/> was a co-journalist and realtor, and the 13th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving a single term in 1909. He also represented Emerson in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative from 1883 to 1888.<ref name="mhs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The son of John A. Douglas, Charles Standford Douglas was educated at Wayland University. In Wisconsin. In 1877, he move to Canada and settled in Fort William, Ontario, where he became the publisher of the Fort William Day Book. The following year, he relocated to Emerson, Manitoba, and founded a new newspaper, The Emerson International. In 1881, he married Annie Johnston. Douglas served as the U.S. vice-consul at Emerson,<ref name="mhs"/> was a member of the town council, and became mayor of 1888. He was elected to the Manitoba assembly in an 1883 which occurred after Frederick Burnham was unseated for bribery<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and was reelected in 1886.<ref name="mhs"/>

In 1909, Douglas married Elizabeth Manley (née Fisher), a widow, after the death of his first wife.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He died in Vancouver at the age of 64.<ref name="mhs"/>

External links

• Masonic Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon