Charles Cromwell Williams (February 9, 1896 – January 31, 1975) was a railway worker and political figure in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada. He represented Regina City

Regina City (provincial electoral district)

Regina City is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the riding of premier William Melville Martin...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 as a CCF

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

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 member from 1944 to 1960.

He was born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan

Moosomin, Saskatchewan

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 and was educated in Wapella

Wapella, Saskatchewan

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 and at Brandon College. Williams was hired as a telegraph operator in Manitoba

Manitoba

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 for the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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. He was wounded while serving in the Canadian Army during World War I

World War I

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. On his return, Williams worked as a station agent for the Grand Trunk Railway

Grand Trunk Railway

The Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...

 in the Canadian prairies, moving to Regina in 1931. He was elected to Regina city council in 1937 but was defeated in 1939. Williams ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in an 1938 by-election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Regina in 1940 and then served as mayor from 1942 to 1944. Williams was Minister of Labour in the province's Executive Council. He later served on Regina city council from 1965 to 1973. Williams died during a vacation in Vancouver at the age of 78.