Charles Franklin Farwell

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Charles Franklin Farwell

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| office1 = Ontario MPP

| term_start1 = 1894

| term_end1 = 1902

| predecessor1 = Alexander Franklin Campbell

| successor1 = Riding abolished

| constituency1 = Algoma East

| party = Liberal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1860|12|24}}

| birth_place = East Whitby Township, Canada West

| death_date = {{death date and age|1921|3|26|1860|12|24}}

| death_place = Oshawa, Ontario

| occupation = Lawyer

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Charles Franklin Farwell, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|KC}} (December 24, 1860 – March 26, 1921) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Algoma East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1894 to 1902.{{cite journal|title=The Canadian Who's who|author1=Roberts, C.G.D.|author2=Tunnell, A.L.|journal=Canadian Who's Who: With Which is Incorporated "Canadian Men and Women of the Time"|date=1910|volume=1|publisher=University of Toronto Press|issn=0068-9963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QG1IAAAAYAAJ|access-date=2014-11-30}}

He was born in East Whitby Township, Canada West (now Whitby, Ontario), the son of Charles Farwell, and educated in Oshawa. He studied law, was called to the Ontario bar and was later named King's Counsel. Farwell lived in Sault Ste. Marie. After his term in office, he was named Registrar for Algoma. Farwell also served as a Master in the local Masonic Lodge.

He died in 1921.{{cite news |title=Probate Will of C.F. Farwell: Former County Crown Attorney at Soo |newspaper=The Globe |date=August 3, 1921 |page=6}}