A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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Church. The situation was so tense that a special Act of Parliament was
passed to adjust conditions. In quite a number of constitutional cases
reaching through the Canadian Courts to the Privy Council, Mr. Clark has
figured, and invariably with success. The same is true regarding
commercial cases and large mining cases in which a long and extended
experience has given him such a mastery as few of his compeers possess.
Quite recently the “Ophir” mining case, which he brought to a successful
conclusion, through a tedious and tortuous course of litigation, ending
in the Privy Council, has excited the attention of the legal profession
and of the public, both because it decided the question of the Indian
title so far as Ontario is concerned, and because a similar situation is
becoming acute in British Columbia. Mr. Clark has made several notable
speeches in England where he is regarded as an accomplished jurist, and
few men are so well versed in the political and constitutional history
of this Dominion or more fully seized of its great resources. The London
“Times” and several other prominent English papers a few years ago
referred in high praise to Mr. Clark’s speech on “Canada and the Navy”
delivered before a notable gathering, including Lord Strathcona the late
High Commissioner for Canada. Mr. Clark is one of the foremost
mathematical authorities in Canada and his work has been commended by so
high an authority as Lord Kelvin, while he is regarded both in this
country and in England as an authority on Constitutional law. He has won
distinction as an author, and has written several standard works and
papers, among which may be mentioned “Law of Mines in Canada,” which was
written in collaboration with the Hon. W. D. McPherson, Provincial
Secretary of Ontario. “Company Law,” “The Ontario Mining Law,”
“International Arbitration,” “Canada’s Future and the Empire,” “History
of the Theory of Energy,” and “The Functions of a great University.” Has
lectured on the “Value of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,”
“Canada and the Navy,” etc. The work on Mining Law referred to is
recognized as an authority on the subject dealt with, and has been
highly praised by the Harvard Law Review of the Law Magazine of England
as well as by the Canadian Press. The “Mining Journal” stated that “the
book had the impress of clear and legal learning,” and the work has also
been described as a monument of research, care and industry. Recently
Mr. Clark has been elected President of the Royal Canadian Institute,
founded by Sir John Lefroy (whose grandson, Lieut. Lefroy, gallantly
fell on Vimy Ridge). In referring to the new President’s appointment
“The Mail and Empire” said: “Mr. Clark well represents the best that we
have in character, intellect, scholarship and public spirit. A
distinguished graduate of Toronto University, the new President, far
from leaving the avenues of learning, as some do when they graduate, has
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