Charles Boswell

Charles Wallace Boswell (5 August 1886 – 17 June 1956) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Born in the Coromandel, Boswell attended University of Auckland where he graduated with a Master of Arts. He married Emma Adelaide Beatrice (Jean) Smith in 1912 and had one son. Boswell worked as a teacher and later became the headmaster of Kawakawa District High School. He was also an active trade unionist and served as an executive member of the New Zealand Educational Institute. Boswell joined the Labour Party, founding branches in Thames and Kawakawa. He represented the Bay of Islands electorate from 1935 to 1943.