CLARK, CHARLES (1824-1906) was born near London and educated at the Chingford Grammar School. He was apprenticed to an architect and afterwards worked with one for 15 years. For health reasons he came to Canterbury in the Egmont (1856), and after farming at Halswell Road for four years, he carried on business (at first in partnership with Isaac Luck) as land agents and auctioneers. Clark was a member of the Halswell Road board, of the Christchurch rifle volunteers and later of the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry. He represented Lincoln in the Provincial Council (1862-66), in which he generally supported Moorhouse, but he was partly responsible for bringing out Rolleston in provincial politics. His death occurred on 30 Dec 1906.

Canterbury P.C. Proc.; The Press, 31 Dec 1906.

Reference: Volume 1, page 96

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