Education
Born in Danville, Canada East, Cleveland was educated at the Grammar School in Lennoxville, Quebec.
Born in Danville, Canada East, Cleveland was educated at the Grammar School in Lennoxville, Quebec.
He was mayor of Danville and warden of Richmond County. He was a Captain in the 54th Richmond Battalion Volunteer Infantry (now the Sherbrooke Hussars. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Richmond—Wolfe in the 1891 federal election defeating future Liberal Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier (who also ran in the riding of Quebec East).
A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1896 election.