Charles H. Hutchings

Charles Henry Hutchings (October 1, 1869

Hutchings was elected to the assembly in 1904 and did not run for reelection in 1908. He was subsequently re-appointed Deputy Minister of Justice. Hutchings served as acting judge for the Central District Court in 1916 and 1917. In 1917, Hutchings was named Inspector General of the Constabulary and Fire Department, continuing to serve until 1934. He was a member of the Home Defence Committee during World War I. He served on the Economic Commission created in 1929 to investigate unemployment in Newfoundland.

In 1931, he was named a Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George.

Hutchings married Annie Maude White on August 24, 1893, the daughter of William and Annie (Nightingale) White and had a family of seven children. On June 17, 1942, Hutchings died in Toronto at the age of 76.