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About Charles R. Ayre
- Charles Robert Ayre (December 22, 1819 – April 12, 1889) was an English-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland.
- He represented Burin in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1873 to 1878 as a Conservative. He was born in Exeter and came to Newfoundland in 1842 as a clerk.
- By 1856, he had established his own business, Ayre and Sons, in St.
- John's with John Steer.
- Ayre served in the Legislative Council of Newfoundland from 1879 to 1889 and was a minister without portfolio in the Executive Council in 1885.
- He died in St.
- John's at the age of 69. His son John also served in the Newfoundland assembly.
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