Career
Born in Colchester, Essex, to Daniel and Mary Ann Clark, he received limited schooling and worked on ships, which eventually took him to Australia around 1871, where he found employment with the Australasian Steam Navigation Company. He subsequently moved to Sydney and became a messenger at the Sydney Observatory. In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain.
He was elected for the Labor Party but refused to sign the pledge, subsequently joining the Free Traders.
After his defeat in 1894 he rejoined the Labor Party and ran with its endorsement in several subsequent elections, without success. Clark died at Lakemba in 1933.