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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1817–1909)}}
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[[Image:CharlesBurpee23.jpg|thumb|right|Charles Burpee <br> Source: Library and Archives Canada]]

'''Charles Burpee''' (June 18, 1817 &ndash; November 29, 1909) was a [[New Brunswick]] farmer and political figure. He represented [[Sunbury (federal electoral district)|Sunbury]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1867 to 1887 as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] member. He was a member of the [[Senate of Canada]] representing New Brunswick in 1900.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2902|nolist=yes}}</ref>

He was born in [[Sheffield, New Brunswick|Sheffield]], [[Sunbury County, New Brunswick]] in 1817 and grew up there. His family had settled there around 1763 after leaving [[Massachusetts]]. Burpee served on the provincial board of agriculture from 1864 to 1865.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32956/138 |page=136 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register |year=1882 |publisher=Citizen Printing and Publishing Company |editor-last=Mackintosh |editor-first=C.H. |editor-link=Charles Herbert Mackintosh |location=Ottawa}}</ref> He married Charlotte Perley Hayward.<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |editor-last=Johnson |editor-first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada |page=84 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiandirector0000publ/page/84 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Burpee was named to the Senate on February 1, 1900, and resigned on July 19 in the same year.<ref name="parl"/>
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