Clarence W. Anderson | |
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MLA for Guysborough County | |
In office 1928–1937 | |
Preceded by |
Simon Osborn Giffin Howard Amos Rice |
Succeeded by | Havelock Torrey |
In office 1920–1925 | |
Preceded by | James F. Ellis |
Succeeded by | Simon Osborn Giffin Howard Amos Rice |
Personal details | |
Born | Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia | February 17, 1871
Died | December 16, 1944 Halifax, Nova Scotia | (aged 73)
Political party | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
Occupation | merchant |
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]
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]