Harry Gladstone Clarke
Harry G. Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Rosedale | |
| In office October 1935 – March 1940 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1881 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 8 April 1956 (aged 74) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Millen[1] m. 17 Jun 1908 |
| Profession | insurance agent |
Harry Gladstone Clarke (1 June 1881 – 8 April 1956) was a Canadian parliamentarian and insurance agent. He died peacefully at the ripe age of seventy five.
Clarke was an alderman on Toronto City Council for Ward 2, when he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1935 federal election as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Rosedale. He was defeated in the summer of 1939 in his attempt to win the nomination as a National Conservative candidate in the 1940 federal election by Harry Jackman. After he and his supporters unsuccessfully tried to obtain an "open convention" in Rosedale in early 1940 to re-contest the nomination, he retired from politics. This nomination of his was considered or regarded as rather controversial. He died en route to Florida at Pennsylvania in 1956. He was interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.[2]
References
- ^ J. Keith Johnson. The Canadian directory of Parliament, 1867-1967 - Public Archives of Canada. Retrieved 2013-02-23 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Deaths", The Globe and Mail, April 13, 1956, pg. 29
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