=Clark, Lt.-Col. Hugh=, born May 6, 1861, at Kincardine Township. A son of Donald Clark and Mary MacDougall, both in Argyllshire, Scotland; father was a farmer and a school teacher. Mother died in 1909, father lived to be over 90 years of age. Educated at the public school and high school Kincardine, from which latter institution he graduated in 1887, and taught school for three years, 1887 to 1889. In 1890 was editor of the “Walkerton Herald,” and in the same year purchased the “Kincardine Review,” which he has conducted ever since, with the exception of the years 1897 and 1898, when he was managing editor of the “Ottawa Citizen.” A member of the Legislative Press Gallery in Toronto, 1900. Entered the Militia of Canada in 1892 with a Lieutenant’s commission and commanded the 32nd Bruce Regiment as Lt.-Col. from 1906 to 1911. In 1902 Lt.-Col. Clark was nominated by the Conservative party as candidate for the Legislative Assembly for Centre Bruce, and was elected with a majority of 5; unseated on petition he was re-elected in February, 1903 by a majority of 44, and re-elected in 1905 by a majority of 317 and again in 1908 by a majority of 356. In 1911 Lt.-Col. Clark resigned his seat in the Legislature to contest North Bruce for the Federal Parliament and was elected by a majority of 82. Re-elected at the general election to the House of Commons in 1917 by a largely increased majority, and became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, which he held until November, 1918, when he took over the duty of Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment. Married September 24, 1894, to Catherine MacKay, daughter of Dr. H. M. Ross of Richard’s Landing, Ont., and has one son, Hugh Stuart Clark. Has a fine reputation as a journalist and is regarded as one of the brightest paragraphists in the country; he is a particularly effective platform speaker and has a clear and convincing style. He is exceedingly popular with all classes in the House and is recognized as being straightforward in all his election methods and business dealings. He accompanied Sir Robert L. Borden in the campaign of 1908 through Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and toured the Western Provinces with the Premier in 1911. Lt.-Col. Clark is recognized as an authority on everything affecting the Militia of Canada and has lectured on Imperial defence. He is a Presbyterian in religion and belongs to the following orders: A.F. & A.M.; L.O.L.; I.O.O.F.; C.O.F. His principal recreations are golfing and bowling. He is a member of the Kincardine Club, Albany Club, Toronto, Rideau and Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Ottawa.