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.[2]
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Born | (1868-05-28)28 May 1868 Peebles, United Kingdom |
Died | 21 August 1942(1942-08-21) (aged 74) Wellington, New Zealand |
Spouse | Mary Hegarty |
Children | Charles P. Todd Desmond Todd Kathleen Todd Bryan Todd Moyra Todd Andrew Todd Sheila Todd |
Relatives | John Todd (grandson)[1] |
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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]