Maxwell Button

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Charles Maxwell Button (August 5, 1913 – 1983) was a former civil servant and politician in

Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956.[1]

The son of Elisha Button and Minnie Thistle,[2] he was born in New Melbourne in 1913 and was educated there.[2] He joined the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in 1931, becoming sergeant in charge of Labrador police patrols in 1934. From 1938 to 1949, he worked as a relief inspector in the Department of Public Welfare. Button was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949 and was re-elected in 1951. He retired from politics in 1956.[1]

In 1944, Button married Winnifred Barbour.[2] He died in 1983.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Button, Charles Maxwell". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 316–17.
  2. ^ a b c Newfoundland Who's Who. 1952. p. 18.
  3. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. (12 December 1983). Preliminary Unedited Transcript for the Period 3:00 - 6:00 P.M., 21 December 1983. Newfoundland and Labrador Assembly. https://www.assembly.nl.ca/houseBusiness/Hansard/ga39session2/December21-1983.pdf