Charles Alfred Drury Explained

Charles Alfred Drury
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1882
Term End1:1890
Predecessor1:Herman Henry Cook
Successor1:Andrew Miscampbell
Constituency1:Simcoe East
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:4 September 1844
Birth Place:Simcoe, Canada West
Death Place:Barrie, Ontario
Occupation:Farmer
Relations:Ernest Charles Drury, son
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    Charles Alfred Drury (September 4, 1844 – January 12, 1905) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Simcoe East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1882 to 1890.

    He was born on a farm near Barrie in Canada West in 1844.

    Family background

    He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Varley in 1877. In 1889, he married Isabella Brownlee following the death of his first wife. His son, Ernest Charles Drury, went on to become Premier of Ontario.

    Political career

    Drury served as reeve for Oro Township from 1877 to 1889. He ran unsuccessfully in Simcoe North for a seat in the House of Commons in the 1882 federal election but was elected to the Ontario Legislature in a by-election later that year.

    He was named sheriff for Simcoe County in 1894.

    Agricultural interests

    He was also a member of the council of the Agricultural and Arts Association of Ontario and served as its president in 1882. Drury served as Commissioner of Agriculture in the provincial cabinet from 1888 to 1890; and was effectively the province's first Minister of Agriculture. During his time in office, he helped promote the development of the Ontario Agricultural College and model farm at Guelph.

    Death

    He died in Barrie in 1905 after falling into a diabetic coma.

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