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Clarence Chester Cleveland Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Richmond—WolfeIn office
1891–1896Preceded by William Bullock Ives Succeeded by Michael Thomas Stenson Personal details Born September 14, 1849
Danville, Canada EastDied January 6, 1907 (aged 57)Political party Conservative Clarence Chester Cleveland (September 14, 1849 – January 6, 1907) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Danville, Canada East, Cleveland was educated at the Grammar School in Lennoxville, Quebec. He was a farmer and a manufacturer of leather with his brother. He was mayor of Danville and warden of Richmond County. He was a Captain in the 54th Richmond Battalion Volunteer Infantry (now the Sherbrooke Hussars. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Richmond—Wolfe in the 1891 federal election defeating future Liberal Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier (who also ran in the riding of Quebec East). A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1896 election.
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