Alfred Henry Clarke Explained

Alfred Henry Clarke
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Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Mahlon K. Cowan
Successor:John Wesley Brien
Term Start:1904
Term End:1917
Birth Date:25 October 1860
Birth Place:Manilla, Canada West
Party:Liberal
Committees:Chair, Standing Committee on Public Accounts

Alfred Henry Clarke (October 25, 1860  - January 30, 1942) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Manilla, Canada West, Clarke was educated at the Public School of Manilla and the Oakwood High School. In addition to studying law at the University of Toronto, he was also a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, a County Crown Attorney, and a Clerk of the Peace and Local Master in Chancery in Essex. Clarke was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Essex South in the general elections of 1904. Standing as a Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911.

He became a judge of the Supreme Court of Alberta Appellate Division in 1921 until 1942.

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