Bill Clarke
Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra
In office
4 January 1973 – 9 July 1984
Preceded byGrant Deachman
Succeeded byJohn Turner
Personal details
Born
William Hillary Clarke

(1933-07-05) 5 July 1933
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative Party of Canada
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia

William Hillary Clarke (born 5 July 1933 in Toronto, Ontario) is a chartered accountant, businessman and politician. Clarke served as a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Clarke attended schools in Toronto's Forest Hill district, then studied at Ridley College at St. Catharines and St. George's School in Vancouver. His post-secondary education was at the University of British Columbia. He became a chartered accountant for Price Waterhouse's Vancouver office in 1956.[1]

He entered national politics in the 1972 Canadian federal election, in which he ran successfully to become the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Quadra. Clarke was re-elected at the riding in the 1974, 1979 and 1980 federal elections. Clarke therefore served four consecutive terms, from the 29th through 32nd Canadian Parliaments.

In the 1984 federal election, Clarke was defeated by Prime Minister John Turner, leader of the Liberal Party. Clarke was defeated even as his party won the most seats in Canadian history, and he was one of only two Tory MPs to lose a re-election bid in 1984. (John A. Gamble of York North was the other; he lost to Tony Roman as his far-right political beliefs came under scrutiny.) Clarke made two further unsuccessful attempts to regain Vancouver Quadra as a PC candidate: in 1988, coming second to Turner, and 2000, coming third behind Stephen Owen.

He was the Conservative Party of British Columbia's candidate for the riding of Vancouver-Quilchena in the 2013 British Columbia general election. He came in fourth place, with BC Liberal candidate Andrew Wilkinson winning.

Archives

There is a Bill Clarke fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[2] Archival reference number is R3730.

References

  1. ↑ Normandin, Pierre G. (1980). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ↑ "Finding aid to Bill Clarke fonds at Library and Archives Canada" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2012.
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