serviceyears branch death_date birth_date birthname term_end imagesize profession battles spouse term_start rank name predecessor birth_place unit party awards office riding successor article_title
1914 - 1919 canadian army 18 january 1976 8 june 1886 john arthur clark october 1925 may 1930 1952 150px barrister and solicitor vimy ridge jean a. mcgillivray december 1921 october 1925 1951 general john arthur clark sanford k.c. johnston crowe riding created e. gordon gowling , dundas , ontario the seaforth highlanders of canada conservative c.m.g. , d.s.o. 23rd president of the canadian bar association burrard vancouver -- burrard riding dissolved wilfred hanbury andré taschereau , c.r. john arthur clark

john arthur clark

john arthur clark , c.m.g. , d.s.o. , q.c. -lrb- 8 june 1886 -- 18 january 1976 -rrb- was a conservative member of the canadian house of commons .
he was born in dundas , ontario and became a barrister and solicitor .
clark attended secondary school in vancouver , then studied at the university of toronto and osgoode hall law school , earning bachelor of arts and bachelor of laws degrees .
during his career , he was part of the law firm wilson and clark .
he served as a soldier during world war i , from 1914 to 1918 as commander of the 72nd seaforth highlanders and from 1918 to the war 's end with the 7th canadian brigade -lrb- 3rd canadian division -rrb- .
his awards include the companion of the order of st michael and st george -lrb- cmg -rrb- and the distinguished service order -lrb- dso -rrb- with two bars .
he was first elected to parliament at the burrard riding in the 1921 general election .
with riding boundary changes , clark became a candidate for vancouver -- burrard and won election there in 1925 and 1926 .
after completing his third house of commons term , the 16th canadian parliament , clark left federal politics and did not seek re-election in the 1930 election .
clark served as president of the canadian bar association from 1951-1952 .
