Charles Sparrow
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Charles Sparrow (1808-??) was the fifth mayor of Bytown.
He was born in Quebec in 1808 and moved to Bytown while still young. Sparrow owned a general store and tannery on Sussex Street in the Lower Town part of Bytown. He was elected to municipal council in 1850 and became mayor in 1851.
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- Bytown: The early days of Ottawa, Nick and Helma Mika
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Bytown: J. Scott | J.B. Lewis | Hervey | Sparrow | R.W. Scott | Turgeon | Friel Ottawa: J.B. Lewis | McGillivray | Workman | Friel | Dickinson | Lyon | Rochester | Martineau | Featherston | Lyon-Fellowes | Waller | Bangs | Mackintosh | St. Jean | Bate | McDougal | Stewart | Erratt | Birkett | Durocher | Cox | Borthwick | Bingham | Payment | Morris | Davidson | Cook | J. Ellis | Hastey | D. Scott | Champagne | Hopewell | Hinchey | McVeity | Porter | Fisher | Plant | Watters | Balharrie | A. Ellis | Allen | Nolan | J.E.S. Lewis | Bourque | Goodwin | Whitton | Nelms | Reid | Fogarty | Benoit | Greenberg | Dewar | Durrell | Laviolette | Holzman | Watson | Higdon |
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Preceded by John Scott |
Mayor of Bytown 1851 |
Succeeded by Richard William Scott |