Clarence Gerhart

Clarence Edgar Gerhart (24 December 1897 – 10 May 1965) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1955, sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Early life Gerhart was born in Novar, Ontario in 1897 to Henry Franklin Gerhart and Lillian Thomas. He attended the University of Alberta where he earned a Ph.C., and worked as a chemist and accountant. Gerhart would be married on 29 June 1921, to Mary Gelina Chambers and have three children, including Edgar Gerhart who would serve in the Alberta Legislature with his father.

Clarence Gerhart would contest the 1940 Alberta general election in the Acadia-Coronation electoral district as a member of the Social Credit Party, defeating Independent candidate George N. Johnston, who previously served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Cooperative Commonwealth candidate Mrs. R. Johnston on a run-off count. Gerhart would subsequently be re-elected three more times, again in 1944, 1948, and acclaimed in 1952. Gerhart would be defeated in the 1955 Alberta general election by Alberta Liberal Party candidate James Leland Sims on a run-off count.