Robert Curtis Clark
| Robert Curtis Clark | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
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In office 1960–1981 |
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| Preceded by | James Lawrence Owens |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Kesler |
| Constituency |
Didsbury (1960–63) Olds-Didsbury (1963–81) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 2, 1937 Acme, Alberta |
| Political party | Alberta Social Credit Party |
| Occupation | teacher |
Robert "Bob" Curtis Clark (born July 2, 1937) is a former teacher, civil servant and provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1960 to 1981. During his career he served as Leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party and Leader of the Official Opposition. After his provincial political career, he served as the Alberta Ethics Commissioner from April 1, 1992 to March 31, 2003.
Robert Curtis Clark was born on July 2, 1937 in Acme, Alberta, Canada. He became a school teacher at the age of nineteen in 1956 for Mountain View County. Four years later he made a run for provincial political office.
Clark was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held in the electoral district of Didsbury on November 30, 1960. The by-election was caused by the death of the previous member James Owens. Clark won the hotly contested three way race for the Socreds by doubling the votes of second place candidate J.A. Lore of the Liberals. He became the youngest Alberta provincial MLA winning the electoral district at age of twenty-three years.
For the 1963 Alberta general election, Didsbury was abolished, and Clark followed most of his constituents into the new Olds-Didsbury riding. He won the new district in a landslide three way race.
Clark was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Ernest Manning in 1966. Manning appointed Clark as Minister of Youth due to his young age. Clark would run for a third term in office, this time as a Cabinet Minister in the 1967 general election. In that election Clark slightly increased his plurality as he finished well ahead in the field of four candidates. In 1968 Clark was appointed as Minister of Education by Premier Harry Strom. Clark ran for a fourth term in office in the 1971 general election. Despite the defeat of the Social Credit government, Clark was easily returned to his seat.
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