Clarence Chester Cleveland
Canadian politician
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| Intro | Canadian politician | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 14 September 1849, Estrie, Canada | |
| Death | 6 January 1907 (aged 57 years) | |
| Star sign | Virgo | |
| Politics: | Conservative Party Of Canada |
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Clarence Chester Cleveland (September 14, 1849 – January 6, 1907) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Danville, Canada East, Cleveland was educated at the Grammar School in Lennoxville, Quebec. He was a farmer and a manufacturer of leather with his brother. He was mayor of Danville and warden of Richmond County. He was a Captain in the 54th Richmond Battalion Volunteer Infantry (now the Sherbrooke Hussars. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Richmond—Wolfe in the 1891 federal election defeating future Liberal Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier (who also ran in the riding of Quebec East). A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1896 election.