Arthur Clarence Pratt (February 6, 1871 – August 26, 1948) was an office manager and political figure in

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. He represented Norfolk South in the

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from 1905 to 1919 as a

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member. He was born in Lynedoch, Norfolk County, the son of William Pratt and Maria Bottomley, both natives of

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, and was educated in Simcoe and

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, at the Ottawa Normal School and at the Hamilton Normal College. In 1900, Pratt married Alice Bertha Turner. In 1911, with George Tate Blackstock, he founded the Canadian branch of the English Imperial Mission association. He was named lieutenant-colonel of the 133rd Battalion in the

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in 1916. He died suddenly in 1948."Deaths", The Globe and Mail (1936-Current) oronto, Ont27 Aug 1948: 26.

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* 1871 births 1948 deaths Canadian Methodists Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Ontario-MPP-stub