Sir Charles Dalton (June 9, 1850^[1]-1933) was a Prince Edward Island businessman, politician and philanthropist.

He was born at Tignish, Prince Edward Island, the son of Patrick Dalton and Margaret McCarthy.^[1]

He first worked as a farmer and then a druggist. He married Anne Gavin in 1874. Dalton earned his fortune through silver fox breeding, in the process making the island the centre of the world's trade in the fur-bearing animal.^[1]

Dalton used his fortune to purchase the Charlottetown Guardian newspaper.^[2] He served as a Conservative^[2] provincial cabinet minister^[3] and then lieutenant-governor of the province from 1930 until his death in 1933.

During World War I, he donated a motor ambulance to the Canadian government. He also built a school in his home town of Tignish. In 1916, he was named a Knight Commander in the Order of St. Gregory the Great^[1]

Dalton became devoted to the fight against tuberculosis after losing a daughter to the disease, donating funds to allow for the construction of a sanatorium on the island which was named in his honour.^[4]

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