James Clark

James John Clark (29 July 1870 – 20 January 1936) was a New Zealand politician. He served as mayor of Dunedin from 1915 to 1919.

Biography Born in Riverton in 1870, Clark was the youngest son of Presbyterian minister Reverend James Clark, and his wife, Margaret Munro Clark. A few months later, the family moved to Palmerston. Clark moved to Dunedin in 1895, where he remained for the rest of his life.

Clark was first elected as a Dunedin city councillor in 1909. He remained on the city council until 1921, when he did not seek re-election, but again served as a city councillor from 1923 until 1933. and the following year he was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services in connection with patriotic undertakings, in the 1919 King's Birthday Honours.

Clark died in Dunedin on 20 January 1936, and was buried in the Dunedin Northern Cemetery.