Charles "Charlie" Abraham Barrell (2 September 1880 – 14 January 1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

He became a farmer but later found employment with the New Zealand Railways Department and eventually qualified as an engineer.

He then was the manager of branches of Booth Macdonald and Co., Ltd at New Plymouth, Auckland and Invercargill.

[1] He represented the Hamilton electorate from 1935, when he defeated Sir Alexander Young of the Reform Party.

[6] In 1940 he was appointed a member of the Auckland Harbour Board to fill a vacancy, but chose not to stand for re-election in 1941 stating that the war effort was taking a heavy demand on his time and he could not give warranted attention to the board's affairs.