Henry Edward Clarke (March 20, 1829 – March 25, 1892) was an

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businessman and political figure. He represented Toronto West from 1883 to 1886 and

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from 1886 to 1892 in the

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as a

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. He was born in

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, Lower Canada in 1829, the son of Irish immigrants. After completing his schooling, he apprenticed as a saddle and trunk maker in

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. In 1848, he moved to Bytown where he opened a saddlery shop. In 1853, he returned to Montreal; the following year, he opened a branch store in

for a Montreal merchant and bought the operation himself in the following year. In 1856, he married Ann Kennedy. Clarke served on Toronto city council for several years before entering provincial politics. Clarke died suddenly in 1892 while speaking in the assembly.

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* * * 1829 births 1892 deaths Canadian people of Anglo-Irish descent Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian Methodists 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub