Background
Clarke was born in Cornwall, Ontario, the son of Kenneth and Georgiana Clarke, a family that traced its background to the United Empire Loyalist migration.
Clarke was born in Cornwall, Ontario, the son of Kenneth and Georgiana Clarke, a family that traced its background to the United Empire Loyalist migration.
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive representative from 1941 to 1945. He was educated in Cornwall, and later moved to Manitoba. In 1921, Clarke married Flossie Gladys Warner.
Clarke worked as a sales manager, and was president of A. Lloyd Clarke & Company
Limited. and the Manitoba Motor League. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election, defeating Cooperative Commonwealth Federation candidate Edwin Hansford in the constituency of Saint Boniface.
In parliament, Clarke was a backbench supporter of the governments of John Bracken and Stuart Garson. He died in office in 1945.