Charles Winnans Cox

Charles Winnans Cox (July 7, 1882 - March 28, 1958) was a politician and timber contractor in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Port Arthur from 1934 to 1943 and the riding of Fort William from 1948 to 1951. He was a member of Mitchell Hepburn's cabinet from 1936 to 1937. He also served as mayor of Port Arthur, Ontario from 1934 to 1948 and again in 1952.

Thunder Bay connections

Charles Winnans Cox (July 7, 1882 – March 28, 1958) was a politician and timber contractor who died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Born on a farm in Westminster Township, Middlesex County, he moved to Port Arthur in about 1908, where he married Johanna Bengston on June 4, 1910, and became one of the largest timber contractors in the Thunder Bay region before branching into general contracting. He was a councillor of Port Arthur from 1932 and its mayor from 1934 to 1948 and again in 1952, and represented the riding of Port Arthur in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1943 and the riding of Fort William from 1948 to 1951. In 1948 he ran for mayor of Fort William but lost to Hubert Badanai. His wife's death in July 1953 marked the end of his political career.

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