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{{Short description|Canadian businessman, politician, and sportsman}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Charles Smith Hyman
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| constituency_MP     = [[London (federal electoral district)|London]]
| parliament          = Canadian
| predecessor         = [[John Carling]]
| successor           = [[John Carling]]
| term_start          = 1891
| term_end            = 1892
| predecessor2        = [[Thomas Beattie (politician)|Thomas Beattie]]
| successor2          = [[Thomas Beattie (politician)|Thomas Beattie]]
| term_start2         = 1900
| term_end2           = 1907
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1854|08|31}}
| birth_place         = [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Canada West]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1926|10|08|1854|08|31}}
| party               = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| cabinet             = Minister Without Portfolio (1904–1905)<br />Minister of Public Works (1905–1907)
| resting_place       = Woodland Cemetery in London, Ontario.
}}
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'''Charles Smith''' ("'''C.S.'''") '''Hyman''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (August 31, 1854 – October 8, 1926) was a Canadian businessman, notable politician, and [[Sportsperson|sportsman]]. He was a popular tennis player and won a record five [[Canadian Open (tennis)|Canadian Opens]], until broken by [[Ivan Lendl]] with six titles.

==Early life and business==
Born in [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Canada West]], the son of [[Ellis Walton Hyman]], a tanner and entrepreneur, and Annie Maria Niles, he was educated at [[Hellmuth Academy]] in London and then started a shoe factory with his father in 1874. In 1876, he married Elizabeth Birrell, and for two years, they had an Idlewyld mansion built,<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.idlewyldinn.com/pdf/idlewyld-rep.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119101029/http://www.idlewyldinn.com/pdf/idlewyld-rep.pdf |archive-date=19 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is now an inn.  Hyman was president of the London Board of Trade from 1881 to 1882.  In 1916, He built a summer estate in Port Stanley, Ontario on the shore of Lake Erie.  He was also a tannery owner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.heritagelondonfoundation.org/~doors_open/Buildings/Idlewyld.html |title=Doors Open London |access-date=September 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622010116/http://www.heritagelondonfoundation.org/~doors_open/Buildings/Idlewyld.html |archive-date=June 22, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Politics==
Hyman was elected to the London city council in 1882 and was mayor in 1884. He first ran as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate against [[John Carling]] for the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1887 Canadian federal election|1887 election]] for the riding of [[London (federal electoral district)|London]] and was defeated.

Hyman ran again in [[1891 Canadian federal election|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 Canadian federal election|1896]], he was elected in [[1900 Canadian federal election|1900]] and was re-elected in [[1904 Canadian federal election|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. He died in 1926 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in London.

==Sports==
Hyman was an early Canadian tennis champion, capturing the national tennis championship (which has since evolved into the current [[Rogers Cup (tennis)|Rogers Cup]]) five times in singles – in 1884 and each year from 1886 through 1889.  (Only [[Ivan Lendl]] surpassed this, winning six titles from 1980 to 1989.) Hyman also captured two doubles titles, the 1886 final partnering [[I.F. Hellmuth]], and the 1889 final playing alongside [[R.S. Wood]].  (No one has ever won a total of seven titles.)

Hyman was also an early captain of the [[Canada national cricket team]], quite possibly when on its [[Canada national cricket team#1887 England tour|1887 England Tour]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Hyman is said to have introduced the game [[auction bridge|bridge]] to Canada.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

== Electoral record ==
{{1887 Canadian federal election/London}}
{{1891 Canadian federal election/London}}

{{CanElec1-by|26 February 1892|Election annulled}} 
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal-Conservative|[[John Carling]]|&nbsp;}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|C. S. Hyman|&nbsp;}}
{{end}}
{{1896 Canadian federal election/London}}
{{1900 Canadian federal election/London}}
{{1904 Canadian federal election/London}}

{{CanElec1-by| 13 June 1905|Hyman appointed Minister of Public Works, 22 May 1905}} 
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|C. S. Hyman|4,581}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|[[William Gray (Canadian politician)|William Gray]]|4,251}}
{{end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=4588}}
* {{cite DCB |first=Frederick H. |last=Armstrong |title=Hyman, Ellis Walton |volume=10 |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hyman_ellis_walton_10E.html}}
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32961/160 |page=138 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1891 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}
* {{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiandirector0000publ/page/285 |page=285 |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967 |editor-first=J.K. |editor-last=Johnson |location=Ottawa |publisher=Public Archives Canada |date=1968 |url-access=registration}}

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