Arthur Clarence Pratt

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Arthur Pratt

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| office1 = Ontario MPP

| term_start1 = 1905

| term_end1 = 1919

| predecessor1 = William Andrew Charlton

| successor1 = Joseph Cridland

| constituency1 = Norfolk South

| party = Conservative

| birth_date = {{birth date|1871|2|6}}

| birth_place = Lynedoch, Ontario

| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|8|26|1871|2|6}}

| death_place = Simcoe, Ontario

| occupation = Businessman

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| spouse = {{marriage |Alice Bertha Turner|1900}}

| children =

| allegiance = Canadian

| branch = Canadian Army

| serviceyears = 1914-1918

| rank = Lieutenant-Colonel

| unit = Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Arthur Clarence Pratt (February 6, 1871 – August 26, 1948) was an office manager and political figure in Ontario. He represented Norfolk South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1919 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Lynedoch, Norfolk County,{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1916 |year=1916 |last=Chambers |first=Ernest J}} the son of William Pratt and Maria Bottomley, both natives of Ireland, and was educated in Simcoe and Woodstock, 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.{{cite DCB |first=S. Craig |last=Wilson |title=Blackstock, George Tate |volume=15 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/blackstock_george_tate_15E.html}}

He was named lieutenant-colonel of the 133rd Battalion in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YtQDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4igDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3403,5646830 |title=Many Transfers at Niagara Camp |newspaper=Toronto World |date=May 22, 1916 |page=14 |accessdate = 2011-07-06}} He died suddenly in 1948."Deaths",

The Globe and Mail (1936-Current) [Toronto, Ont] 27 Aug 1948: 26.

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