Charles Dalton

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For the basketball player, see Chuck Dalton.

Sir Charles Dalton (1850-1933) was a Prince Edward Island businessman, politician and philanthropist.

Fox earned his fortune through silver fox breeding, in the process making the island the centre of the world's trade in the fur-bearing animal.

Fox used his fortune to purchase the Charlottetown Guardian newspaper.[1] He served as a Conservative[1] provincial cabinet minister[2] and then lieutenant-governor of the province from 1930 until his death in 1933.

Dalton became devoted to the fight against tuberculosis after losing a daughter to the disease, donating funds to allow for the construction of a sanatorium on the island which was named in his honour.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Gary MacDougall, "Our History", Charlottetown Guardian, accessed May 6, 2008
  2. ^ "Fox Thieves Caught", TIME Magazine, March 17, 1930
  3. ^ "Tuberculosis History in Canada: Sir Charles Dalton", Canadian Lung Association
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