Charles Ballam
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Newfoundland House of Assembly for Humber West | |
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In office 1956 – September 8, 1966 | |
Preceded by | District established |
Succeeded by | Joey Smallwood |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles H. Ballam May 10, 1901 Curling, Newfoundland |
Died | December 12, 1981 (aged 80) St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Maria Bagg (m. 1927-1977) |
Children | Ulric Ballam |
Charles H. Ballam (May 10, 1901 – December 12, 1981) was a Canadian union leader, officeholder and delegate at Newfoundland National Convention.
Ballam was born in 1901 in
Ballam, elected president of Local 64 of the Pulp and Sulphite Workers Union in Corner Brook in 1935, had also attended the founding convention of the
Ballam decided to offer himself for one of the two delegate positions assigned to Humber district at the National Convention, that was set up by the
At the convention,
- not a Confederate and not supporting any particular form of government; but in the interests of the whole country I would like to see something definite done on this question once and for all.
Even though Smallwood failed in his first attempt to have such a delegation appointed, he was successful later in the convention. Ballam voted in favour of both resolutions, and was elected as one of the delegates to go to Ottawa to explore terms in June 1947.[2] The delegation's report, tabled at the Convention in November, was rejected by a majority of its members.
Confederation did eventually make it as one of the ballot options presented to the people of Newfoundland in a referendum held on June 3, 1948. By then, Ballam was a committed Confederate. He was one of the leading campaigners for the Confederate forces in Corner Brook and the surrounding area for that referendum and for a second referendum held on July 22. Ballam was selected by Joseph R. Smallwood, the interim premier, to be a part of his cabinet when it was sworn into office on March 31, 1949. That cabinet held office until the first post-Confederate House of Assembly was elected on May 27, 1949, after which a new cabinet was sworn in from the elected MHAs. Ballam won his seat and once again was given the portfolio the Department of Labour. He held that portfolio for the next 17 years.[2]
Re-elected in the district of Humber in 1951 and, following redistribution, of Humber West in 1956, 1959 and 1962, in 1966 he announced his retirement from politics, following which he was appointed a member of the board of the
Ballam and his wife E. Maria Bagg established a scholarship in memory of their son Ulric, who was killed in an accident at the Corner Brook pulp and paper mill on July 27, 1945, at the age of 17, to be awarded annually to a term 2 engineering student at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
See also
- List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
- List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
References
- ^ a b c Newfoundland Who's Who. 1952. p. 9.
- ^ a b "Ballam, Charles H". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 118.
- ISBN 0773512462.