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
Canada -- Biography
=Clark, Lt.-Col. Hugh=, born May 6, 1861, at Kincardine Township. A son
of Donald Clark and Mary MacDougall, both in Argyllshire, Scotland;
father was a farmer and a school teacher. Mother died in 1909, father
lived to be over 90 years of age. Educated at the public school and high
school Kincardine, from which latter institution he graduated in 1887,
and taught school for three years, 1887 to 1889. In 1890 was editor of
the “Walkerton Herald,” and in the same year purchased the “Kincardine
Review,” which he has conducted ever since, with the exception of the
years 1897 and 1898, when he was managing editor of the “Ottawa
Citizen.” A member of the Legislative Press Gallery in Toronto, 1900.
Entered the Militia of Canada in 1892 with a Lieutenant’s commission and
commanded the 32nd Bruce Regiment as Lt.-Col. from 1906 to 1911. In 1902
Lt.-Col. Clark was nominated by the Conservative party as candidate for
the Legislative Assembly for Centre Bruce, and was elected with a
majority of 5; unseated on petition he was re-elected in February, 1903
by a majority of 44, and re-elected in 1905 by a majority of 317 and
again in 1908 by a majority of 356. In 1911 Lt.-Col. Clark resigned his
seat in the Legislature to contest North Bruce for the Federal
Parliament and was elected by a majority of 82. Re-elected at the
general election to the House of Commons in 1917 by a largely increased
majority, and became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External
Affairs, which he held until November, 1918, when he took over the duty
of Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment. Married
September 24, 1894, to Catherine MacKay, daughter of Dr. H. M. Ross of
Richard’s Landing, Ont., and has one son, Hugh Stuart Clark. Has a fine
reputation as a journalist and is regarded as one of the brightest
paragraphists in the country; he is a particularly effective platform
speaker and has a clear and convincing style. He is exceedingly popular
with all classes in the House and is recognized as being straightforward
in all his election methods and business dealings. He accompanied Sir
Robert L. Borden in the campaign of 1908 through Ontario, Quebec, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and toured the Western
Provinces with the Premier in 1911. Lt.-Col. Clark is recognized as an
authority on everything affecting the Militia of Canada and has lectured
on Imperial defence. He is a Presbyterian in religion and belongs to the
following orders: A.F. & A.M.; L.O.L.; I.O.O.F.; C.O.F. His principal
recreations are golfing and bowling. He is a member of the Kincardine
Club, Albany Club, Toronto, Rideau and Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Ottawa.
[Illustration: J. G. B. BUTTERWORTH
Ottawa]
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