Charles Todd (industrialist)

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Charles Todd
Personal details
Born(1868-05-28)28 May 1868
Peebles, United Kingdom
Died21 August 1942(1942-08-21) (aged 74)
Wellington, New Zealand
Spouse(s)Mary Hegarty
ChildrenCharles 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. [2]

Todd twice unsuccessfully stood for election to Parliament: he contested the Dunedin South electorate for the Reform Party in 1928, [3] and the Central Otago electorate as an independent Reform Party supporter in 1931. [4]

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References

  1. Monica Showalter (2001). "New Zealand's First Billionaire". Forbes.
  2. Nightingale, Tony. "Todd, Charles". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  4. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

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