Candidates in the 1908 Canadian Federal Election - Conservative (Historical) Candidates in the 1908 Canadian Federal Election (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Conservative (Historical) Candidates in the 1908 Canadian Federal Election, Liberal Candidates in the 1908 Canadian Federal Election, Joseph Clarke, James Hyndman, John Hampden Burnham, Douglas Colin Cameron, Edward Lavin Girroir, Guillaume-Andr Fauteux, Charles Elliott Tanner, William Simmons. Excerpt: Joseph Andrew Clarke (September 20, 1869 July 27, 1941) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served twice as mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, was a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council (precursor to the Yukon Legislative Assembly). Clarke was born in Osnabruck Center, Ontario. He was educated in Prescott and Brockville, Ontario, and joined the North West Mounted Police in 1892 in Regina, Saskatchewan. He returned to Ontario shortly thereafter, only to be charged by the RNWMP with desertion. He was fined one hundred dollars, but received no further sanction in part because the magistrate was his uncle. After his brief policing career, Clarke studied law at Osgoode Hall at York University in Toronto. Upon graduating, he moved to the Yukon to take part in the Klondike gold rush. While there, he was admitted to the bar and spent two years (1903-1904) as an appointed member of the Yukon Territorial Council. He moved to Edmonton to practice law in 1908. Once there, he married Gwendolen Asbury on October 9, 1911; the pair would have three children. Joseph Clarke ran in a total of twenty-seven Edmonton municipal elections, more than any person before or since (as municipal elections in Edmonton now occur only every three years, this record is unlikely ever to be broken). In all, he ran for mayor seventeen times (winning five such elections) ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5444761