The son of John and Hanna Clark, he farmed and lived in the Rosehill district near Baldur, moving to the town in 1945 but continued to farm until the 1970s. In 1912, Clark married Teresa Caroline Porter. He was reeve of the Rural Municipality of Argyle for 18 years.[1]
Clark was elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by-election called in the Mountain constituency after the resignation of high-profile cabinet ministerIvan Schultz.[2] He defeated Progressive ConservativeMarcel Boulic by 276 votes, and served for the next three years as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell's government. Many Liberal-Progressives were concerned with Clark's relatively narrow margin of victory, as Mountain had previously been considered one of the party's safest seats. Clark received support from the constituency's Anglo-Saxon majority and large Flemish population, while Boulic did well among French Canadians, who made up one third of the electorate.[3]
The Liberal-Progressives were defeated in the 1958 provincial election, and Clark lost to Progressive Conservative Abram Harrison[2] by 238 votes in the redistributed constituency of Rock Lake. He tried to return to the legislature in the 1959 provincial election, but lost to Harrison by an increased margin.[2]
walter, clark, canadian, politician, other, people, named, walter, clark, walter, clark, disambiguation, walter, ernest, clark, july, 1890, march, 1987, politician, manitoba, canada, served, legislative, assembly, manitoba, from, 1955, 1958, liberal, progressi. For other people named Walter Clark see Walter Clark disambiguation Walter Ernest Clark July 17 1890 1 March 26 1987 was a politician in Manitoba Canada He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1955 to 1958 as a Liberal Progressive 2 He was 54 years old at the time of his election and was a farmer and former municipal official in Baldur 3 The son of John and Hanna Clark he farmed and lived in the Rosehill district near Baldur moving to the town in 1945 but continued to farm until the 1970s In 1912 Clark married Teresa Caroline Porter He was reeve of the Rural Municipality of Argyle for 18 years 1 Clark was elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by election called in the Mountain constituency after the resignation of high profile cabinet minister Ivan Schultz 2 He defeated Progressive Conservative Marcel Boulic by 276 votes and served for the next three years as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell s government Many Liberal Progressives were concerned with Clark s relatively narrow margin of victory as Mountain had previously been considered one of the party s safest seats Clark received support from the constituency s Anglo Saxon majority and large Flemish population while Boulic did well among French Canadians who made up one third of the electorate 3 The Liberal Progressives were defeated in the 1958 provincial election and Clark lost to Progressive Conservative Abram Harrison 2 by 238 votes in the redistributed constituency of Rock Lake He tried to return to the legislature in the 1959 provincial election but lost to Harrison by an increased margin 2 He died in Baldur in 1987 1 Electoral record editvteManitoba provincial by election June 27 1955 MountainParty Candidate Votes Liberal Progressive Walter Clark 1 846 51 04 7 83Progressive Conservative Marcel Boulic 1 570 43 41Social Credit Roger Poiron 201 5 56Total valid votes 3 617References edit a b c Walter Ernest Clark 1890 1987 Memorable Manitobans Manitoba Historical Society Retrieved 2013 08 27 a b c d MLA Biographies Deceased Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Archived from the original on 2014 03 30 a b Winnipeg Free Press 28 June 1955 pp 1 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walter Clark Canadian politician amp oldid 1175552101, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
