Charles Smith Hyman
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Charles Smith Hyman (August 31, 1854 – October 8, 1926) was a Canadian politician.
Born in London, Canada West, the son of Ellis Walton Hyman, a tanner and entrepreneur, and Annie Maria Niles, he started a shoe factory in with his father in 1874. He first ran as a Liberal candidate against John Carling for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1887 election for the riding of London and was defeated. He ran again in 1891 and was elected but the election was declared void and he was defeated in the resulting 1892 by-election. After losing again in 1896, he was elected in 1900 and was re-elected in 1904. From 1904 to 1905, he was a Minister without Portfolio. From 1905 to 1907, he was the Minister of Public Works. He resigned in 1907.
