Walter Leland Rutherford "Lee" Clark (16 December 1936 – 10 August 2008) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. He was born in

Davidson, Saskatchewan Davidson is a town in south central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located south-east of Saskatoon beside provincial highway 11 as well as Highway 44, in the rural municipality of Arm River. It is located approximately halfway between Saskatoon ...

and was a professor by career. Clark attended the

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. There, he met and, in 1959, married Barbara Woods. Clark went on to study at the

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and, after teaching in

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and

Brandon, Manitoba Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...

, received his PhD in Canadian history from the

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. Following the November 1982 death of

Brandon—Souris Brandon—Souris is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 83.4% White, 9.8% Aboriginal, ...

Member of Parliament

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, Clark became the Progressive Conservative party candidate for the riding in a by-election in May 1983. Clark won the seat and was re-elected in the

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and 1988 federal elections. Clark left federal politics and did not campaign in the 1993 federal election after serving for part of the

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, and for full terms in the 33rd and 34th Parliaments. Clark died at the age of 71, following a fall from a horse at

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Electoral history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Lee 1936 births 2008 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs People from Davidson, Saskatchewan