| Charles Edward Church | |
| Constituency Mp: | Lunenburg |
| Parliament: | Canadian |
| Predecessor: | Edmund Mortimer McDonald |
| Successor: | Charles Edwin Kaulbach |
| Term Start: | 1872 |
| Term End: | 1878 |
| Office2: | Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Lunenburg |
| Term Start2: | 1882 |
| Term End2: | 1901 |
| Office3: | Senator from Nova Scotia |
| Term Start3: | 1902 |
| Term End3: | 1906 |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1835 |
| Birth Place: | Tancook Island, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia |
| Death Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Spouse: | Henrietta A. Pugsley |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Otherparty: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
| Cabinet: | Commissioner of Works and Mines (1882-1884) Provincial Secretary (1884-1891 & 1896-1901) |
Charles Edward Church (January 3, 1835 - January 3, 1906) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Tancook Island, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles Lott Anthony Church and Sarah Hiltz,[1] Church was educated in Chester and Truro, Nova Scotia.
He was a school teacher for over ten years and then he started in business as a merchant. In 1884, Church married Henrietta A. Pugsley.[1] He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1872 for Lunenburg. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1874 and was defeated in 1878. From 1874 to 1878, he was Liberal Whip in the House of Commons for the Maritime Provinces.
He was elected in 1882 to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia and sat there until 1902 when he was called to the Senate. Church was Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia for two years in the William Thomas Pipes administration, and Commissioner of Public Works and Mines for 15 years, in the William Stevens Fielding and George Henry Murray administrations. He was called to the Senate on February 8, 1902, on the advice of Wilfrid Laurier representing the senatorial division of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He served until his death in 1906.[2]
He was a grandson of Charles Lot Church.