Charles Hilton Dight (1843 – 22 November 1918) was a member of the

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. He was born at

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in 1843 to Samuel Dight, a pastoralist and magistrate, and Sophia , the fifth daughter of explorer John Howe. He finished his education at Maitland Grammar in 1860. He worked on his fathers properties and married Jane McDougall in 1871. They did not have any children. Dight returned to Singleton in 1890. Dight stood as a

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candidate for

at the 1898 election, challenging the sitting

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member Albert Gould who had represented the area since 1882. Dight won the seat with a 6.1% margin. He retained the seat at the 1901 election, before being defeated in

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. Dight died in Burwood, NSW on 22 November 1918 aged 76. An uncle, also called Charles Hilton was a

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and member of the

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, while

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another uncle, had been elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dight, Charles 1843 births 1918 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly People from Singleton, New South Wales