About Clarence Chester Cleveland
Lived 1849 – 1907 (aged 57). Clarence Chester Cleveland was a Canadian politician, manufacturer and farmer.
Clarence Chester Cleveland (September 14, 1849 – January 6, 1907) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Danville, Canada East, Cleveland was educated at the Lennoxville Grammar School (now Bishop's College School) in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was a farmer and a manufacturer of leather with his brother. He was mayor of Danville and warden of Richmond County. He was a Captain in the 54th Richmond Battalion Volunteer Infantry (now the Sherbrooke Hussars. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Richmond—Wolfe in the 1891 federal election defeating future Liberal Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier (who also ran in the riding of Quebec East). A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1896 election.
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Who was Clarence Chester Cleveland?
Canadian politician (1849-1907)
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Clarence Chester Cleveland was born on 14 September 1849 in Danville.
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Clarence Chester Cleveland died on 6 January 1907.
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Clarence Chester Cleveland was a politician, manufacturer and farmer.
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Clarence Chester Cleveland was Canadian.
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