Clarence Wentworth Anderson (February 17, 1871 – December 16, 1944) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925, and 1928 to 1937. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Clarence W. Anderson | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Guysborough County | |
| In office 1928–1937 | |
| Preceded by | Simon Osborn Giffin Howard Amos Rice |
| Succeeded by | Havelock Torrey |
| In office 1920–1925 | |
| Preceded by | James F. Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Simon Osborn Giffin Howard Amos Rice |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 17, 1871 Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia |
| Died | December 16, 1944 (aged 73) Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
| Occupation | merchant |
Born in 1871 at Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Anderson was a merchant by career.[2] He married Annie Baker in 1894, and then Katherine Clifford MacLennan.[2] He was a municipal councillor, serving from 1908 to 1920 as warden for the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's.[2]
Anderson entered provincial politics in 1920, when he was elected in the dual-member Guysborough County riding with Liberal James Cranswick Tory.[3] Both Anderson and Tory were defeated when they ran for re-election in 1925,[4] but Anderson regained the seat in the 1928 election, serving with Liberal Michael E. Morrison.[5] In the 1933 election, Anderson was re-elected in the now single-member Guysborough riding.[6] In September 1933, Anderson was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, serving until he resigned from cabinet in April 1937.[2] He did not reoffer in the 1937 election.[1] Anderson died at Halifax on December 16, 1944.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Electoral History for Guysborough County". Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ a b c d e Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 3. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1933" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 27. Retrieved 2015-05-11.