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Person
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Matheson, Charles Winfield
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Dates of existence
1878-1968
History
Charles Winfield Matheson was born in 1878 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to Charles and Jane (MacRae) Matheson. He was educated at Prince of Wales College, Dalhousie University (BA, 1903) and the University of Washington (MA, 1928). He was called to the bar in PEI in 1908 and in Alberta in 1909, where he practised law for much of his career. In 1942 he was appointed Acting Clerk in Chamber at the Calgary Court House. In 1909 Matheson married Annie Burn, with whom he had six children. He died in 1968.