- Edward Frederick Clarke
Edward Frederick Clarke (
April 24 1850 –March 3 1905 ) was anOntario journalist and political figure. He represented Toronto in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1894 andWest Toronto from 1896 to 1904 andToronto Centre from 1904 to 1905 in theCanadian House of Commons as a Conservative member.He was born in
Bailieboro ,County Cavan ,Ireland in 1850, the son of merchant Richard Clarke, and came toToronto in 1864 after the death of his father. He apprenticed as a printer with the Toronto "Globe", later working with "The Toronto Mail ". In 1872, he was one of the leaders of a printers' strike in the city. In 1884, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Scott. Clarke was printer and publisher of the "Sentinel", a newspaper associated with theOrange Order , and also served as mayor of Toronto. He was also manager of the Excelsior Life Insurance Company of Toronto.He died at home in Toronto in 1905.
External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=2838&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32962 "The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897" JA Gemmill]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1002 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3741 "Commemorative biographical record of the county of York, Ontario ..." (1907)]
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