Charles Oakes
Charles William Oakes was an Australian politician.
Born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, he was educated at state schools in Sydney, after which he became a jeweller and watchmaker. He was involved in local politics as a member of Paddington Council. In 1901, he was elected as a Liberal Reformist to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Paddington; he served as an honorary minister from 1907 until 1910, when he left the Assembly.
In 1913, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Commonwealth Liberal Party Senator from New South Wales; he was not re-elected in the double dissolution election the following year. Oakes returned to state politics, winning the Legislative Assembly seat of Waverley as a Nationalist in 1917, serving again as an honorary minister from 1919. He was elected as one of the members for Eastern Suburbs in 1920. He was Colonial Secretary and Minister for Health in 1921, and then served in the positions again from 1922 until his elevation to the Legislative Council in 1925. Oakes died in 1928.
