Barnard Drummond Clarkson, born near York, Western Australia in 1836, was a pastoralist, explorer and politician.
Career
The Perth suburb of Clarkson was named after him. Clarkson died in March 1909 at Mountain Anderson near Toodyay. In 1867 Clarkson was appointed as Justice of the Peace for Western Australia.
During this time he was a supporter of John Forrest.
Membership
He was a member of the Toodyay Road Board for a number of years and was chairman from 1901–1904. In 1890 when Western Australia obtain responsible government Clarkson became the first member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Toodyay, a post he held until 1897.