Maxwell Button

Maxwell Button
Member of the House of Assembly for Trinity South
In office
1949–1956
Preceded byNone, district created.
Succeeded bySamuel Hefferton
Personal details
BornCharles Maxwell Button
(1913-08-05)5 August 1913
New Melbourne, Dominion of Newfoundland
Died1983(1983-00-00) (aged 69–70)
PartyLiberal
Spouse
Winnifred Barbour
​
(m. 1944)​
Parents
  • Elisha Button (father)
  • Minnie Thistle (mother)
Police Career
DepartmentNewfoundland Constabulary
Service years1931–1949
RankInspector

Charles Maxwell Button (August 5, 1913 – 1983) was a former civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956.

The son of Elisha Button and Minnie Thistle, he was born in New Melbourne in 1913 and was educated there. He joined the Newfoundland Constabulary in 1931, becoming sergeant in charge of Labrador police patrols in 1934. From 1938 to 1949, he worked as a relief inspector in the Department of Public Welfare. Button was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949 and was re-elected in 1951. He retired from politics in 1956.

In 1944, Button married Winnifred Barbour. He died in 1983.

References

  1. 1 2 "Button, Charles Maxwell". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 316–17.
  2. 1 2 3 Newfoundland Who's Who. 1952. p. 18.
  3. ↑ Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. (12 December 1983). Preliminary Unedited Transcript for the Period 3:00 - 6:00 P.M., 21 December 1983. Newfoundland and Labrador Assembly. https://www.assembly.nl.ca/houseBusiness/Hansard/ga39session2/December21-1983.pdf