Hugh Clark (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Kincardine, Ontario, Canada
About Hugh Clark (politician)
- Hugh Clark (May 6, 1867 – May 13, 1959) was an educator, newspaper editor and political figure in Ontario, Canada.
- He represented Bruce Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1911 and Bruce North from 1911 to 1921 as a Conservative.He was born in Kincardine Township, Canada West, the son of Donald Clark and Mary McDougall, both Scottish immigrants, and was educated there.
- Clark taught school for several years.
- From 1890 to 1925, he published the Kincardine Review.
- In 1894, he married Katherine McKay Ross.
- Clark was editor for the Walkerton Herald in 1890 and managing editor for the Ottawa Citizen from 1897 to 1898.
- His election to the Ontario assembly in 1902 was overturned but he was elected again in the by-election which followed in 1903.
- Clark served as lieutenant-colonel for the Bruce militia from 1906 to 1911.
- He resigned his seat in the Ontario assembly in 1911 to enter federal politics.From 1917 to 1921, he was a member of the Tory-led Unionist Party.
- He was parliamentary secretary of Militia and Defence from 1918 to 1920.
- Clark was defeated when he ran for reelection as a Conservative in 1921, 1925 and 1926.Clark was the great uncle of former prime minister Joe Clark.
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