Wholesale paper merchant.
Born at Montreal, Quebec on 1 December 1872, son of Alexander C. Clark and Georgina Balfour, he was educated at Lennoxville College, leaving at the age of 16 to take employment with a wholesale paper business in Montreal.
In 1894 he came to Winnipeg to join the firm of Love, McAllister and Company, wholesale stationers and paper dealers. He bought the company in 1898, changed its name to Clark Brothers and Company, and incorporated in 1904. At that time, he was made President and Managing Director of the company. He was also President of the National Cartage and Storage Company and a Director of Chipman Chemicals Limited. He was a member of the Winnipeg Board of Trade, President of the Canadian Credit Men’s Trust Association, a Fellow of the Canadian Credit Institute, and a Life Governor of the Winnipeg General Hospital.
In 1900, he married Mary Ellen Talbot (1878-1926) of Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. They had three children: Stuart Alexander Clark (1904-1993), Mary Margaret Clark (1906-1992, wife of Thomas Richard Durley), and Naomi Helen Clark (1912-1992, wife of John Reading Alexander). He was a member of the Manitoba Club and St. Charles Country Club.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 5 December 1954 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Clark Brothers Warehouse (448 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg)
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registrations [Stuart Alexande Clark, Mary Margaret Clark, Helen Clark], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Mary Ellen Clark], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
Marriage registration [Mary Margaret Clark, Thomas Richard Durley], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Naomi Helen Clark, John Reading Alexander], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Winnipeg executive dies aged 79,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 December 1954, page 3.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 1954, page 30.
Obituary [Stuart Alexander Clark], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 July 1993, page 41.
We thank Naomi Bree for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 April 2026
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