Charles Constantine Hodgins

Charles Constantine Hodgins (September 16, 1857 – March 11, 1942) was a farmer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Middlesex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1908 as a Conservative member.[1]

Charles C. Hodgins
Ontario MPP
In office
1905–1908
Preceded byWilliam Henry Taylor
Succeeded byDuncan Campbell Ross
ConstituencyMiddlesex North
Personal details
Born(1857-09-16)September 16, 1857
Biddulph township
DiedMarch 11, 1942(1942-03-11) (aged 84)
Woodstock, Ontario
Political partyConservative
SpouseMargaret Matilda Hodgins (m. 1884)
Children2
OccupationHospital administrator

Biography

The son of John Hodgins and Amelia Roberts, he was born in Biddulph township. After completing his education, Hodgins taught school for eight years, after which he settled on a farm.[1] He served as reeve for the township from 1887 to 1897. His grandfather Colonel James Hodgins, a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, had served as the first reeve of Biddulph.[2]

In 1884, he married Matilda Hodgins.[1] In 1908 he was appointed bursar of Ontario Hospital in Woodstock and then transferred to a hospital in Kingston in 1914. He retired in 1927. He died in 1942 in Woodstock.[3]

References
  1. History of the County of Middlesex, Canada: From the Earliest Time to the Present, ... 1889. p. 862.
  2. Culbert, Terry (2005). Terry Culbert's Lucan: Home of the Donnellys : Linger Longer in Lovely Lucan. p. 70. ISBN 1897113315.
  3. "Former provincial member, Charles C. Hodgins dies". The Globe and Mail. March 12, 1942. p. 12.
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