Harry Gladstone Clarke

Harry Gladstone Clarke (1 June 1881 – 8 April 1956) was a Canadian parliamentarian and insurance agent.

Harry G. Clarke
Member of Parliament
for Rosedale
In office
October 1935 – March 1940
Personal details
Born(1881-06-01)1 June 1881
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died8 April 1956(1956-04-08) (aged 74)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Ethel Millen[1]
m. 17 Jun 1908
Professioninsurance agent

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.

He died en route to Florida at Pennsylvania in 1956. He was interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.[2]

References

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  1. ^ J. Keith Johnson (1968). The Canadian directory of Parliament, 1867-1967 - Public Archives of Canada. Retrieved 23 February 2013 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Deaths", The Globe and Mail, April 13, 1956, pg. 29