Charles Todd (industrialist)

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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.[1]

Todd was mayor of St Kilda from 1923 to 1925. He twice unsuccessfully stood for election to Parliament: he contested the Dunedin South electorate for the Reform Party in 1928,[2] and the Central Otago electorate as an independent Reform Party supporter in 1931.[3]

References

  1. 1.Nightingale, Tony. "Todd, Charles". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. 2.The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  3. 3.The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.