Charles Henry Parmelee (June 1, 1855 – January 22, 1914) was a
Canadian
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publisher and politician.
Born in
Waterloo
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, the son of Rufus E. Parmelee and Eliza McVicar, Parmelee was editor of the ''Waterloo Advertiser''
from 1875 to 1880, and commercial editor of the ''
Montreal Herald
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1770–1799
* ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire pour la Ville & District de Montréal'', 1778, Montréal, Fleury Mesplet, printer, and Valentin Jautard, editor and journalist
* '' La Gazette ...
'' from 1880 to 1883. In 1883, he re-joined the ''Advertiser''.
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HJ Morgan p. 801 In 1887, Parmelee married Christina Rose. He was president of the Eastern Townships Press Association in 1893.
''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897'', AJ Gemmill
/ref> He also served as a member of the town council for Waterloo and as secretary-treasurer for the Board of School Commissioners. Parmelee was elected to the House of Commons of Canada
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for the Quebec electoral district of Shefford in the 1896 federal election. A Liberal
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, he was re-elected in 1900
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and 1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
* ...
. He did not run in 1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
.
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1855 births
1914 deaths
People from Montérégie
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
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