Charles Read (c. 1825 – 3 March 1910) was a tailor and politician in colonial Australia, a member of the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the states and territories of Australia, state lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the state upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament H ...

. Read was born in Southampton, England, the son of James Read and Ann, ''nee'' Lye. Read arrived in Geelong in October 1849 aboard the ''Tasman'' and started business as a tailor. He was involved in the Temperance Society, "''with a striking personality, a vigorous platform speaker, he soon began to render splendid service to the organisation''". Read was elected as one of the three representatives for

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1856. Read finished third in the field of seven. He was deputy registrar of births etc. at Geelong from 1870 to 1884.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Read, Charles 1820s births 1910 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from Southampton Australian tailors English emigrants to colonial Australia