Career
He represented Cassiar from 1898 to 1903 and Skeena from 1903 to 1907 as a Conservative in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was born in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, the son of Reverend R. South. Clifford and Harriet Young, and was educated in London. Clifford was a postmaster for the Hudson"s Bay Company at Hazelton from 1885 to 1887.
He was employed as a clerk there from 1887 to 1891 and at Fort Simpson from 1891 to 1896.
He later owned a hotel and general store in Kitselas. He died in Vancouver at the age of 73.
