Charles William Jarvis Explained

Charles William Jarvis
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1911
Term End1:1919
Predecessor1:Thomas Smellie
Successor1:Harry Mills
Constituency1:Fort William
Office2:Mayor of Fort William, Ontario
Term Start2:1899
Term End2:1900
Predecessor2:John McKellar
Successor2:William Frederick Hogarth
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:18 March 1866
Birth Place:St. Eleanors, Prince County, Prince Edward Island
Death Place:Fort William, Ontario

Charles William Jarvis (March 18, 1866  - July 15, 1932) was an Ontario banker and politician. Jarvis was the second mayor of the town of Fort William from 1899 to 1900, succeeding John McKellar. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1919 as a Conservative member.

He was born in St. Eleanors, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, the son of Henry Fitzgerald Jarvis and grandson of Edward James Jarvis, the first chief justice for Prince Edward Island. His brother Ernest Frederick Jarvis became assistant deputy minister of Militia during World War I. In 1892, he married Maria Louise Powley. He served as secretary for the Fort William Board of Trade and was chairman of the joint board responsible for governing the Port Arthur and Fort William Street Railway. He also served as the United States consular agent for the District of Thunder Bay from 1895 to 1913. He was appointed local master of titles and registrar of deeds in March 1928, a patronage appointment. Jarvis died at Fort William July 15, 1932. One of his sons W.H. Reginald Jarvis became president of the John Labatt brewery.

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