Edward’s father died in 1866, when he was aged twelve, after which the family moved to Sydney.<ref name=bio/>
Edward’s father died in 1866, when he was aged twelve, after which the family moved to Sydney.<ref name=bio/>
===Employment===
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Clark was first employed by N. Dawson, a watchmaker with business premises in Barrack Street, Sydney. He intended learning the watchmaking trade, but after Dawson’s death he left and took a position with the timber merchants, Messrs. Goodlet and Smith, an established business with a steam saw and joinery mill at Darling Harbour and a head office at 483 George Street.<ref name=bio/><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63105523 Messrs. Goodlet and Smith’s Steam Saw and Joinery Mills], ”Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier”, 14 November 1874, page 4.</ref> For the remainder of his working life Clark was connected with the timber and building trade.<ref name=bio/>
Clark was first employed by N. Dawson, a watchmaker with business premises in Barrack Street, Sydney. He intended learning the watchmaking trade, but after Dawson’s death he left and took a position with the timber merchants, Messrs. Goodlet and Smith, an established business with a steam saw and joinery mill at Darling Harbour and a head office at 483 George Street.<ref name=bio/><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63105523 Messrs. Goodlet and Smith’s Steam Saw and Joinery Mills], ”Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier”, 14 November 1874, page 4.</ref> For the remainder of his working life Clark was connected with the timber and building trade.<ref name=bio/>
Australian politician
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Edward Mann Clark |
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| In office 17 June 1891 – 25 June 1894 |
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| In office 30 November 1894 – 5 June 1895 |
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| In office 24 July 1895 – 8 July 1898 |
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| In office 27 July 1898 – 11 June 1901 |
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| In office 3 July 1901 – 16 July 1904 |
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| In office 10 September 1907 – 14 September 1910 |
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| Born | 12 April 1854 |
| Died | 30 May 1933(1933-05-30) (aged 78) |
| Spouse | (1) Mary Jenkins (2) Emma Eileen Kirby |
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Edward Mann Clark (12 April 1854 – 30 May 1933) was an Australian politician.
Edward Mann Clark was born on 12 April 1854 at Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land, the son of William and Selina Clark. Edward’s father was a carpenter.[1]
Young Edward was educated at Oldfield’s Commercial Academy in Hobart.[2]
Edward’s father died in 1866, when he was aged twelve, after which the family moved to Sydney.[2]
The timber business
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Clark was first employed by N. Dawson, a watchmaker with business premises in Barrack Street, Sydney. He intended learning the watchmaking trade, but after Dawson’s death he left and took a position with the timber merchants, Messrs. Goodlet and Smith, an established business with a steam saw and joinery mill at Darling Harbour and a head office at 483 George Street.[2][3] For the remainder of his working life Clark was connected with the timber and building trade.[2]
On 24 January 1874 he married Mary Jenkins, with whom he had eight children.
By 1878 Clark was working for the timber merchants, Miller and Harrison.[1][4]
By July 1881 Clark was a partner of Clark and Priestman, timber merchants of the corner of Walker and Blue streets in North Sydney.[5] In late November 1883 Clark’s business partner, Edward Priestman, appeared before the Insolvency Court.[6] After Priestman became insolvent the partnership was terminated and Clark took over the running of the business on his own account.[7]
In June 1885 Clark’s timber business on Sydney’s North Shore, E. M. Clark and Company, was assigned to trustees.[8] In about March 1886 Clark resigned as alderman of East St. Leonards.[9] 1886, clearing sale of timber, “assigned estate of Mr. E. M. Clark”.[10]
He was an alderman for East St Leonards from 1884 to 1890.
By 1891 Clark was the manager of a brick company.[1]
Alderman for North Sydney from 1890 to 1928.
In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Labor member for St Leonards in 1891, joining the Free Trade Party in 1894 and serving until 1904 (as the member for Willoughby from 1894 to 1895) and again from 1907 to 1910 as an independent and member of the Single Tax League.
he would later remarry Emma Eileen Kirby on 6 August 1926.
Edward Mann Clark died on 30 May 1933 at his residence in Laycock Street, Neutral Bay, aged 72.[11]
- ^ a b c “Mr Edward Mann Clark (1854-1933)”. Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d Mr. E. M. Clark, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 29 June 1891, page 6.
- ^ Messrs. Goodlet and Smith’s Steam Saw and Joinery Mills, Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier, 14 November 1874, page 4.
- ^ Lost and Found, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 November 1878, page 1.
- ^ Building Materials, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 July 1881, page 9.
- ^ Insolvency Court: Surrenders, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 November 1883, page 5.
- ^ Insolvency Court, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February 1884, page 3.
- ^ Insolvency Court: Examination Meetings, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 1886, page 5.
- ^ To the Ratepayers id East St. Leonards, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 April 1886, page 12.
- ^ Great Clearing Sale of Timber, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 March 1886, page 12.
- ^ Obituary: Mr. E. M. Clark, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 May 1933, page 15.
