Charles Rawlins, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles Rawlins
New Zealand politician
Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1846
Date of Death: 10-Jul-1918
Profession: politician
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Charles Rawlins
- Charles Champion Rawlins (13 April 1846 – 10 July 1918) was a 19th-century Conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand for just over a year. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, on 13 April 1846, Rawlins was a mining engineer.
- He arrived in New Zealand in 1875.Rawlins stood in the Tuapeka electorate in the 1893 election; of the four candidates, he came second, beaten by Vincent Pyke.
- In the 1896 election, he stood in the same electorate but was beaten by William Larnach.
- He won the Tuapeka electorate in a by-election on 2 November 1898 after William Larnach committed suicide; and lost it in the 1899 general election, on 15 November 1899.Rawlins died at Riverton on 10 July 1918, and was buried at Riverton Cemetery.
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