Alfred Henry Clarke (October 25, 1860 – January 30, 1942) was a

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politician. Born in Manilla, Canada West, Clarke was educated at the Public School of Manilla and the Oakwood High School. In addition to studying law at the

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, he was also a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, a County Crown Attorney, and a Clerk of the Peace and Local Master in Chancery in Essex. Clarke was first elected to the

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for the electoral district of

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in the general elections of 1904. Standing as a

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, he was re-elected in

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and

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. He became a judge of the Supreme Court of Alberta Appellate Division in 1921 until 1942.

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