Lawrence Clarke (politician)
Lawrence Clarke | |
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Born | June 26, 1832 |
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Occupation | Politician |
Lawrence Clarke (June 26, 1832 – October 5, 1890, Prince Albert, Northwest Territories) was the Chief Factor of the District of Saskatchewan for the Hudson's Bay Company. He resided at Fort Carlton in Canada. He later became a magistrate. Clarke moved to what is today Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in the early 1880s and was a prominent local citizen with connections in the Conservative Party of Canada.
He is regarded by some as worsening the living conditions for the Métis.[citation needed]. He tried Gabriel Dumont for fining a group of Métis who had begun to hunt bison before the official hunt of the St. Laurent community in the spring of 1875. This action invalidated the Métis's Laws of St. Laurent. Some figures in the Métis community, notably James Isbister, also blamed him for inciting the Métis to violence in 1885 by spreading false rumours of an impending government attack. Thomas McKay, first mayor of Prince Albert was Clarke's brother-in-law.
He was the first elected Member of the Legislative Assembly in Northwest Territories' history.
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Archives of the Northwest Territories Legislature 1876 - 1905
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | ||
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Preceded by
New District
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MLA Lorne 1881-1883 |
Succeeded by Day Hort MacDowall |
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