Mcneil Clarke

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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| name = Mcneil Clarke

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| office1 = Ontario MPP

| term_start1 = 1867

| term_end1 = 1872

| predecessor1 = Riding established

| successor1 = Christopher Finlay Fraser

| constituency1 = Grenville South

| party = Conservative

| birth_date = {{birth date|1838|7|23}}

| birth_place = Derry, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1872|2|29|1838|7|23}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario

| occupation = Lawyer

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Mcneil Clarke (July 23, 1838 – February 29, 1872) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Grenville South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1872.

He was born in Derry, Ireland in 1838. He was called to the Upper Canada bar in 1866. Clarke served as mayor of Prescott from 1866 to 1867. He was elected to the provincial legislature in 1867 and died in 1872 during his second term in office.

Electoral history

{{1867 Ontario general election/Grenville South}}

{{1871 Ontario general election/Grenville South}}

References

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  • {{Ontario MPP biography|id=mcneil-clarke}}
  • {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32945/220 |page=192 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1871 |publisher=Gazette Steam Printing House |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Henry J. |editor-link=Henry James Morgan |edition=Sixth |location=Montreal}}

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Category:1838 births

Category:1872 deaths

Category:British emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada

Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario

Category:People from Leeds and Grenville United Counties

Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs

Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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