Charles Todd (industrialist) explained

Charles Todd
Birth Date:28 May 1868
Birth Place:Peebles, United Kingdom
Death Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Spouse:Mary Hegarty
Children:Charles P. Todd
Desmond Todd
Kathleen Todd
Bryan Todd
Moyra Todd
Andrew Todd
Sheila Todd
Relatives:John Todd (grandson)[1]

Charles Todd (28 May 1868 – 21 August 1942) was a New Zealand businessman and was a principal founder of the Todd Corporation. He was a committed Catholic and prohibitionist.

Todd twice unsuccessfully stood for election to Parliament: he contested the Dunedin South electorate for the Reform Party in,[2] and the Central Otago electorate as an independent Reform Party supporter in .[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Zealand's First Billionaire. Monica Showalter. Forbes. 2001.
  2. Book: The General Election, 1928 . 1929 . Government Printer . 2 . 4 December 2013.
  3. Book: The General Election, 1931 . 1932 . Government Printer . 2 . 2 November 2014.