Charles Benjamin Howard

Charles Benjamin Howard (27 September 1885 – 25 March 1964) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was known for his eloquence in English and French.

Howard was born in Smith's Mills, Quebec in Stanstead County to Benjamin Cate Howard and Helen Eloisa Salls. Howard attended high school in Sherbrooke then Stanstead Wesleyan College. He became a businessman (lumber merchant) in 1908 when he joined his father's company B.C. Howard Company. In 1923, he assumed the presidency of his family's lumber operation, B.C. Howard Company, following his father's death. As they prepared to sign the city’s guest book, both pens provided for the occasion failed.

On 25 March 1964, Howard died at his Sherbrooke residence shortly after completing a visit to Mexico. He remained a Senator at that time. His family estate, Domaine-Howard Park (aka Howardene), was sold to the City of Sherbrooke in 1962 and transformed into a public park that remains a heritage landmark. His residence, Maison Benjamin-C.-Howard (constructed 1921–23 and later restored), is registered in Quebec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel alongside other associated properties.

Personal life Howard was married three times. First, to Alberta May Campbell in 1908 (d. 1943), with whom he had four children. Subsequently, to Klaire D. Shoup (m. 1944; d. 1953), and finally to Simone Lemieux Walters in 1959.