Charles Todd (industrialist)

Charles Todd (28 May 1868 – 21 August 1942) was a New Zealand businessman and was a principal founder of the Todd Corporation. He was a committed Catholic and prohibitionist.

Charles Todd
Personal details
Born(1868-05-28)28 May 1868
Peebles, United Kingdom
Died21 August 1942(1942-08-21) (aged 74)
Wellington, New Zealand
SpouseMary Hegarty
ChildrenCharles P. Todd
Desmond Todd
Kathleen Todd
Bryan Todd
Moyra Todd
Andrew Todd
Sheila Todd
RelativesJohn Todd (grandson)

Todd twice unsuccessfully stood for election to Parliament: he contested the Dunedin South electorate for the Reform Party in 1928, and the Central Otago electorate as an independent Reform Party supporter in 1931.

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