Charles R. Duder was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate and Fogo

Twillingate and Fogo

The Isles of Notre Dame, formerly called Twillingate and Fogo, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...

 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St...

 from 1869 to 1878 as an Anti-Confederate and then Conservative.

He was born at St. Mary's Church, Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

 and came to Newfoundland in the 1830s to work for Edwin Duder (Senior), likely his brother. Duder switched his allegiance in the assembly from Charles Fox Bennett

Charles Fox Bennett

Charles James Fox Bennett was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take Newfoundland into Canadian confederation. Bennett was a successful businessman and one of the island's richest residents with interests in the fisheries, distillery and brewery industry and shipbuilding...

 to Frederick Carter in 1873. He served as chairman of the Board of Works from 1874 to 1878. He died in St. John's

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

in 1879.