Robert Edwin Clapp (February 12, 1855 – 1944) was an

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physician and political figure. He represented

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in the

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from 1905 to 1908 as a

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member. The son of Philip Clapp and Nancy Kelly, he was born in

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and was educated in Milford, Seaforth and Harriston. Clapp went on to study medicine in

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and continued his studies in

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and

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. He set up practice in Mildmay in

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. Clapp served as reeve for Carrick Township in 1898 and 1899. He married Zillah Davis in 1886. Clapp ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1902, losing to Reuben Truax, before being elected in 1905.

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* 1855 births 1944 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub