Charles H. Mills

The Honourable Charles Houghton Mills
Minister of Trade and Customs
In office 29 October 1900 – 6 August 1906
Prime Minister	Richard Seddon William Hall-Jones
Preceded by	Richard Seddon
Succeeded by	Alexander Hogg
Personal details
Born	1843 Nelson, New Zealand
Died	3 April 1923 New Zealand
Nationality	Blenheim, New Zealand
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Margaret Morrison (m. 1871)
Relations	Haddon Donald (great-grandson)

Charles Houghton Mills (1843 – 3 April 1923) was a member of parliament for Waimea and Wairau, in the South Island of New Zealand.

He was born in Nelson. His father was Richard Mills, who arrived in Nelson in 1841 on the Lord Auckland. The family moved to Wellington in the early 1850s, where his father was Governor of the gaol, and where Charles Mills was educated. He was a pupil teacher at Te Aro school. He went to sea for some years, and then worked in mining and farming. Later, Mills was a commission agent.

He settled in Havelock in 1871 and married Margaret, a daughter of John Morrison, in the same year.

The 1887 general election in the Waimea-Picton electorate was contested by Arthur Seymour, Joseph Harkness and Mills, who received 446, 444 and 415 votes, respectively. Seymour was thus elected.

The 1890 general election in the Waimea-Picton electorate was contested by Mills, Richmond Hursthouse and William Henry Phillips, who received 936, 728 and 80 votes, respectively. Mills was thus elected and represented the electorate until the end of the term in 1893. He then represented the successor electorates of Waimea-Sounds (1893–1896) and Wairau (1896–1908) in the New Zealand House of Representatives. The 1896 general election was contested by the incumbent Lindsay Buick and Mills, who received 2014 and 2072 votes, respectively. Mills thus succeeded Buick in Wairau.

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