Arthur Clarence Pratt

Lieutenant Colonel
Arthur C. Pratt
MPP for Norfolk South
In office
January 25, 1905 – September 23, 1919
Personal details
Born (1871-02-06)February 6, 1871
Lynedoch, Norfolk County, Ontario
Died August 26, 1948(1948-08-26) (aged 77)
Simcoe, Ontario
Political party Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Arthur Clarence Pratt (February 6, 1871 – August 26, 1948) was an office manager and political figure in Ontario. He represented Norfolk South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1919 as a Conservative member.[1]

He was born in Lynedoch, Norfolk County,[2] the son of William Pratt and Maria Bottomley, both natives of Ireland, and was educated in Simcoe and Woodstock, at the Ottawa Normal School and at the Hamilton Normal College. In 1900, Pratt married Alice Bertha Turner.[2] In 1911, with George Tate Blackstock, he founded the Canadian branch of the English Imperial Mission association.[3] He was named lieutenant-colonel for a battalion in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916.[4] He died suddenly in 1948.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Arthur Clarence Pratt, MPP". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  2. 1 2 Chambers, Ernest J (1916). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1916.
  3. ↑ Wilson, S. Craig (2005). "George Tate Blackstock". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  4. ↑ "Many Transfers at Niagara Camp". Toronto World. May 22, 1916. p. 14. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  5. ↑ "Deaths", The Globe and Mail (1936-Current) [Toronto, Ont] 27 Aug 1948: 26.


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