Edward Clark (Canadian politician)
Edward William Clark (born March 24, 1932)[1][2] is a farmer, beef producer and former political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 3rd Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1970 to 1996 as a Liberal.
He was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, the son of Ivan Leroy Clark and Macy Laura Miller.[3] Clark served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1951 to 1952. In 1958, he married Ruby Ida Best.[3] He was a member of the province's Executive Council, serving as Minister of Agriculture & Forestry from 1978 to 1979. Clark served as speaker from 1986 to 1993. He resigned his seat in the assembly in May 1996.
References
[edit]- ^ "Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks, Ed.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ "Minding the House: a biorgraphical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ a b O'Handley, Kathryn Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1994 ISBN 0-921925-54-9
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- 1932 births
- Living people
- Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island
- Politicians from Summerside, Prince Edward Island
- Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs
- Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
- 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island