Maxwell Button

Charles Maxwell Button was a former civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity South in the Newfoundland [House of Assembly] from 1949 to 1956.
The son of Elisha Button and Minnie Thistle, he was born in New Melbourne in 1913 and was educated there. He joined the Royal [Newfoundland Constabulary|Newfoundland Constabulary] in 1931, becoming sergeant in charge of Labrador police patrols in 1934. From 1938 to 1949, he worked as a relief inspector in the Department of Public Welfare. Button was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949 and was re-elected in 1951. He retired from politics in 1956.
In 1944, Button married Winnifred Barbour. He died in 1983.