Clarence W. Anderson

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 bySimon Osborn Giffin
Howard Amos Rice
Succeeded byHavelock Torrey
In office
1920–1925
Preceded byJames F. Ellis
Succeeded bySimon Osborn Giffin
Howard Amos Rice
Personal details
Born(1871-02-17)February 17, 1871
Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
DiedDecember 16, 1944(1944-12-16) (aged 73)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party
Occupationmerchant

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
  1. "Electoral History for Guysborough County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  2. 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.
  3. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 38. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  4. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 41. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  5. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 44. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  6. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1933" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 27. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
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