Clarence Stork

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder | name=Clarence Stork

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| office1 = MLA for Shaunavon

| term_start1 = 1934

| term_end1 = 1938

| predecessor1 = John Edward Gryde

| successor1 = riding abolished

| birth_date=9 October 1896

| birth_place=London, England

| death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|1970|2|3|1896|10|9}}

| death_place=Ontario

| party=Farmer-Labour Group

| spouse=Louise Smith
Jean Sturdy

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Clarence Stork (9 October 1896 – 3 February 1970) was an English-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Shaunavon from 1934 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Farmer-Labour Group member.

He was born in London and came to Canada in 1913, finding employment as a railway worker. Stork served overseas with the Canadian Army during World War I and received the Distinguished Service Order. He married Louise Smith in London in 1918. In 1919, Stork bought a homestead near Eastend. His first wife died in 1936 and he married Jean Sturdy in 1938.

Stork was defeated when he ran for reelection in the Swift Current provincial riding in 1938.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-12 }} In October 1938, he refused to stand for nomination in the federal Maple Creek riding after his name was put forward.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FNjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2G4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3768,4134681 |title=Former M.L.A. Changes Opinion, Thinks Socialism Not Solution |newspaper=Star-Phoenix |location=Saskatoon |page=4 |date=13 October 1938 |accessdate=2012-04-27}} By the following year, he had become an organizer for the Liberal party.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FGpjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O3kNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2350,1737363 |title=Form Liberal Club at Valley Centre |newspaper=Star-Phoenix |location=Saskatoon |page=9 |date=21 July 1939 |accessdate=2012-04-27}}

Stork moved to Regina, where he was involved in the oil business, and later moved to Calgary. After the death of his second wife in 1958, he moved to London, Ontario, still employed in the oil industry. Stork became seriously ill in 1968 and died two years later.{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=2882322 |title=Range Riders and Sodbusters |page=782 |author=Eastend History Society |year=1984 |accessdate=2012-04-27}}