Henry Joseph Clarke

Henry Joseph Clarke, QC (* July 7, 1833 in Donegal, Ireland, † September 13, 1889 in Medicine Hat, Alberta ) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was Prime Minister of the Province of Manitoba and ruled on 14 March 1872 to 8 July 1874.

Biography

At the age of three years, Clarke emigrated with his family to Quebec City and spent his youth in Montreal. After studying at the Collège Sainte -Marie, he was admitted to the bar in 1855. In 1858 he moved to San Francisco, where he temporarily worked as a journalist; in the early 1860s he lived in El Salvador. He returned to Montreal to pursue his original profession. In 1863 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Parliament of the Province of Canada, four years later, he published a biography of the politician Thomas D' Arcy McGee.

On the advice of George-Étienne Cartier and Bishop Alexandre -Antonin Taché Clarke went to Manitoba in 1870 to support Deputy Governor Adams George Archibald in the creation of the provincial government. On 30 December the same year he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, four days later the appointment was followed by the Attorney General. In this office he contributed substantially to the construction of the judicial system in, but they frequently came between him and Archibald disagreements. In the 1874 general election Clarke was a candidate in the electoral district Provencher against the exiled Métis rebel leader Louis Riel. Both withdrew their candidature to enable the election of George -Étienne Cartier.

On March 14, 1872 Clarke took over the premiership. He negotiated with the federal government to higher subsidies, but could enforce some claims. The possibility raised by his government lost on 4 July 1874 no-confidence vote, four days later, Clarke resigned and was also a seat in parliament on. He held the following three years, again in California. In 1878 and 1879, he ran unsuccessfully for election to the Legislative Assembly. According to the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 he defended 25 of Riel's followers. While traveling by train he died in 1889 in Medicine Hat.