Lewis Clark

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{distinguish|Lewis and Clark (disambiguation)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Lewis Mitchell "Mickey" Clark

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|26}}

| birth_place =Bassano, Alberta{{cite book|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author=Normandin, P.G.|date=1985|publisher=Gale Canada|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xkmIAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=November 30, 2014}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|9|17|1923|11|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/annual_reports/report2003/annual03.pdf|date=22 July 2005|title=Serving Alberta|author=Legislative Assembly Office|accessdate=November 30, 2014}}

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency = Drumheller

| term_start = March 14, 1979

| term_end = May 8, 1986

| predecessor = Gordon Taylor

| successor = Stanley Schumacher

| party = Progressive Conservative

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| occupation = politician

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Lewis Mitchell "Mickey" Clark (November 26, 1923 – September 17, 2003) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986 sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus in government.

Political career

Clark ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Drumheller electoral district for the 1979 Alberta general election. He defeated four other candidates in a hotly contested race to pick up the seat for his party.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Drumheller| title=Drumheller Results 1979 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 23, 2010}}

Clark ran for a second term in the Assembly in the 1982 Alberta general election. He was easily returned to office defeated two other candidates with a landslide majority.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Drumheller| title=Drumheller Results 1982 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 23, 2010}}

He retired from provincial level politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1986.

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