Lewis C. Ayles

Lewis Charles Ayles was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as member of the Progressive Conservative party.

Life

Lewis Charles Ayles was born on August 28, 1927, in Atholville, New Brunswick, to Clifford and Evelyn Ayles. He graduated from Dalhousie Law School and was admitted to the New Brunswick bar in 1952. In the 1967 general election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party in the newly-created riding of Campbellton.
Ayles died on October 21, 2009 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton, at the age of 82. His funeral was held in Campbellton.
One of Ayles's siblings, Clifford Edward Ayles, robbed and murdered a man in Saint John, New Brunswick in October 1955. After fleeing to Arizona, he was captured and extradited to Canada. Clifford was found guilty of murder, sentenced to death, and hanged on November 6, 1956. He was the last man to be hanged in Saint John.