William Mortimer Clark

The Honourable Sir William Mortimer Clark KC


9th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office April 21, 1903 – September 21, 1908
Monarch	Edward VII
Governor General	The Earl of Minto The Earl Grey
Premier	George William Ross James Whitney
Preceded by	Oliver Mowat
Succeeded by	John Morison Gibson
Personal details
Born	(1836-05-24)May 24, 1836 Aberdeen, Scotland
Died	August 10, 1915(1915-08-10) (aged 79) Prouts Neck, Maine
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse(s)	Helen Gordon (m. 1866)
Alma mater	Marischal College University of Edinburgh
Occupation	lawyer, bank director

Sir William Mortimer Clark (also spelled Clarke), KC (May 24, 1836 – August 10, 1915) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Life and career

Born in 1836 in Aberdeen, Scotland, Clark was educated at Marischal College and the University of Edinburgh. He came to Canada in 1859 and was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1861.

A prominent social activist, he became a bank director and authored a number of articles on travel. In 1866, he married Helen Gordon.

Clarke was appointed the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1903. He supported education and hospitals during his mandate, and served until 1908. He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1907.^[1]

He died in 1915 in Prouts Neck, Maine. His remains were brought back to Toronto, where he was interred in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Lieutenant Governors of Ontario

Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Stisted Howland Crawford D. A. Macdonald J. B. Robinson Campbell Kirkpatrick Gzowski Mowat Clark Gibson Hendrie Clarke Cockshutt Ross Mulock H. A. Bruce Matthews Lawson Breithaupt MacKay Rowe W. R. Macdonald McGibbon Aird Alexander Jackman Weston Bartleman Onley Dowdeswell

Province of Canada (1841–66)*	Clitherow Jackson Bagot Metcalfe Cathcart J. Bruce E. W. Head Monck

Upper Canada (1791–1841)	Simcoe Russell Hunter Grant Gore Brock Sheaffe de Rottenburg Drummond Murray F. P. Robinson Smith Maitland Colborne Bond Head Arthur Thomson

British Province of Quebec (1759–91)*	Amherst Murray Carleton Haldimand Carleton (2nd time)

* The Crown's representative from 1759 to 1791, and from 1841 to 1866 held the office and rank of Governor-General.

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