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♂ John Etter Clark
aliasJohn Clark
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
Birth 29 March 1915 → 109 years + 1 month ago
Lived 41 years + 2 months
First mandate 5 August 1952 → 71 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 4 months
Death 3 June 1956 → 67 years + 10 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
John Etter Clark (1915–1956)
© Photo 1956 — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Clark was the Alberta Social Credit MLA for Stettler from 1952 to 1956. He committed one of the deadliest mass murders in Alberta history and then killed himself.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 3 9 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 7,100 Votes: 4,945 Participation: 69.65% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28040(F) — 13 Aug 2022 12:06 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
SC
 1/4 2,275 48.47% +1,050 Loser:
LIB
 1,225 26.10% William V. McTaggart

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,228 Votes: 5,393 Participation: 74.61% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28093(F) — 7 Mar 2022 12:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
SC
 1/3 2,892 56.25% +1,369 Loser:
CONS
 1,523 29.62% V. Richardson
After his election:
3 Jun 1956 41
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,441 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Alberta
15 November 1956
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28102(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
41		 Successor:
SC
 2,744 61.79% Galen C. Norris

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John E. Clark		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Etter Clark		 11 Apr 2024

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