Facts: - profession: farmer , lumber merchant - imagesize: 150px - party: liberal - death date: 29 october 1947 - spouse: maynie e. colbie - riding: maple creek - term end: april 1945 - birth date: 8 september 1882 - term start: october 1935 - name: charles evans - birthname: charles robert evans - birth place: mount forest , ontario Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles evans -lrb- politician -rrb- .
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charles robert evans -lrb- 8 september 1882 -- 29 october 1947 -rrb- was a liberal party member of the canadian house of commons .he was born in mount forest , ontario and became a farmer and lumber merchant .he attended public and high schools in mount forest , and graduated from a two-year program at british american college .evans participated in municipal politics at piapot , saskatchewan as a school trustee and as a councillor .he was first elected to parliament at the maple creek riding in the 1935 general election and was re-elected for a second term in the 1940 election .after completing this term , evans left federal politics and did not seek re-election in 1945 .