{{Short description|Canadian politician (1817–1909)}} {{for|the newspaper editor|Charles W. Burpee}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} 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 in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1887 as a 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, 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 Mary Perley and her sister Charlotte Hayward Perley (both died of childbirth), and Elizabeth Ann Morrow.<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"/> {{1867 Canadian federal election/Sunbury}} {{1872 Canadian federal election/Sunbury}} {{1874 Canadian federal election/Sunbury}} {{1878 Canadian federal election/Sunbury}} {{1882 Canadian federal election/Sunbury}} {{1887 Canadian federal election/Sunbury}}

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