Charles Arthur Ayre

Charles Arthur Ayre (November 24, 1890 – February 1, 1974 ) was a British-born merchant, civil official and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Turtleford in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1938 as a Liberal.

He was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, the son of the Reverend George James Ayre and Margaret Mary Burgess, and was educated in Bath, Somersetshire and at Hymers College in Hull, Yorkshire. Ayre was the grandson of Newfoundland politician Charles Robert Ayre. He came to Luxembourg, Saskatchewan in 1910 as a student minister, staying there until June 1911 when he moved to Maidstone.