Charles May (June 30, 1858 – March 1, 1932) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton
May was born in Wellington County, Ontario on June 30, 1858. He left school in 1880 and moved to Manitoba to homestead. He later spent thirteen years as a carpenter and builder in Winnipeg before moving to Edmonton in 1902. He had two children by Anna Galbreath, his first wife, before she died suddenly in 1897. He remarried in 1901, to Margueri...
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Charles May (June 30, 1858 – March 1, 1932) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton
May was born in Wellington County, Ontario on June 30, 1858. He left school in 1880 and moved to Manitoba to homestead. He later spent thirteen years as a carpenter and builder in Winnipeg before moving to Edmonton in 1902. He had two children by Anna Galbreath, his first wife, before she died suddenly in 1897. He remarried in 1901, to Marguerite Henderson with whom he would have four additional children.
He was elected to Edmonton Town Council as an alderman in 1903, finishing first of nine candidates. His term was to last two years, but was truncated by a year by Edmonton's incorporation as a city, which meant that the entire city council was elected afresh in the 1904 election. He was again elected to a two year term, finishing first of seventeen candidates, but this time resigned one year into his term in order to run for mayor in the 1905 election. He defeated Arthur Cushing by...
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