Charles Lamarche
Canadian politician
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Charles Lamarche (July 17, 1850 – December 25, 1909) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Nipissing East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1905.[2]
Charles Lamarche | |
|---|---|
| MPP for Nipissing East | |
| In office January 25 – May 27, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | Michael James |
| Succeeded by | Francis Cochrane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 17, 1850 |
| Died | December 25, 1909 (aged 59) Sudbury, Ontario |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Victoria McQuestion (m 1878) |
A member of the Conservative Party, he was elected in the 1905 election. However, after only a few months in office he resigned to open a seat for Francis Cochrane, who had been appointed Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines in the government of James P. Whitney, to enter the legislature in a by-election.[3] Following his resignation from the legislature, he was appointed as registrar of deeds for the Nipissing District.[2]
He was sued in 1908 by Henry Draney, a mining prospector whose registration of a mining claim in Cobalt had been rejected.[4] Draney's lawsuit claimed that Lamarche had promised to make his resignation from the legislature conditional on the approval of Draney's claim.[4]