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About Josiah Charles Hughes
- Josiah Charles Hughes (May 5, 1843 – November 8, 1886) was a political figure in British Columbia.
- He represented New Westminster District in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875.
- His first name also appears as Josias. He was born in Omemee, Ontario, the son of J.
- L.
- Hughes, a native of Ireland, and Mary Ann Hall, and was educated in Peterborough and Cobourg.
- He came to British Columbia in 1862.
- Hughes worked as a clerk with a freighting company for about five years.
- He then worked as an accountant for about nine years.
- In 1871, he married Leonora Z.
- DeBeck.
- Hughes lived at Burrard Inlet.
- In 1876, he was named government agent at New Westminster.
- Hughes was named Indian Agent for the federal government at Netlakahtla in 1886.
- He became ill later that year and died at New Westminster at the age of 43.
- Hughes was also a prominent member of the British Columbia freemason lodge.
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