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4 unusual facts about Charles Avery Dunning


Beaver Dale, Saskatchewan

Beaver Dale is home of Charles Avery Dunning, a successful businessman, a Canadian politician (both federal and provincial), and a university chancellor.

Charles Avery Dunning

King went to Governor General Lord Byng of Vimy asking Byng to dissolve Parliament and call a general election.

Charles Avery Dunning, PC (July 31, 1885 – October 1, 1958) was born in Croft, Leicestershire, England.

Upon completion of the railway and port facilities in 1931, Churchill became the closest Canadian port to Liverpool.


Francis Nicholson Darke

Darke was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 federal election as a Liberal MP for Regina electoral district but resigned his seat in early 1926 in order to allow Saskatchewan Premier Charles Avery Dunning to enter the federal parliament in a by-election after he was appointed Finance Minister in the federal cabinet.


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