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Charles Champion Rawlins (13 April 1846 – 10 July 1918) was a 19th-century Conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand for just over a year.

Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, on 13 April 1846, Rawlins was a mining engineer. He arrived in New Zealand in 1875.

Rawlins stood in the Tuapeka electorate in the 1893 election; of the four candidates, he came second, beaten by Vincent Pyke. In the 1896 election, he stood in the same electorate but was beaten by William Larnach. He won the Tuapeka electorate in a by-election on 2 November 1898 after William Larnach committed suicide; and lost it in the 1899 general election, on 15 November 1899.

Rawlins died at Riverton on 10 July 1918, and was buried at Riverton Cemetery.

References

1. Scholefield, Guy H.; Schwabe, E., eds. (1908). Who's Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific. Wellington: Gordon & Gotch. p. 141.
2. "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
3. "Otago". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVII, no. 305. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
4. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 228. OCLC 154283103.
5. "Deaths". The Southland Times. 12 July 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

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