predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date nationality party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
'' new seat '' australian henry lee stroud , new south wales cowper 18 may 1939 australian protectionist party 25 march 1857 29 march 1901 francis clarke.jpg francis clarke
 16 december 1903 francis clarke surveyor
francis clarke

francis clarke -lrb- 25 march 1857 -- 18 may 1939 -rrb- was an australian politician .
born in stroud , new south wales , the son of thomas clarke and ellen walsh .
he attended st stanislaus college at bathurst before becoming a surveyor .
he was a member of the new south wales legislative assembly from 1893 to 1898 , representing the seats of macleay and hastings and the macleay .
he was a member of the new south wales legislative council from 1899 -- 1900 , representing the protectionist party .
in 1901 , he was elected to the australian house of representatives as the protectionist member for cowper .
he held the seat until his defeat in 1903 by henry lee of the free trade party .
he had also served as the mayor of north sydney in the late 1890s .
he died in 1939 .
