Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)

Lawyer, Mayor of Brandon (1907-1908), MLA (1916-1920), judge.

Born on 14 October 1867 at Cookstown, Ontario, son of Stephen Clement and Eleanor Dixon. He came in 1882 to Brandon with his father, where he completed his education at the Collegiate Institute and Wesley College, Winnipeg, graduating with a BA in 1892. He studied law with Clifford Sifton and J. A. M. Aikins, and was called to the bar in 1895. He establised a law practice in Brandon in partnership with his brother Robert A. Clement, working as solicitors for the Dominion Bank and various loan companies.

He married Aleta Elizabeth Paisley, daughter of James Paisley of Brandon, on 30 August 1899. They had four children: Harold Dixon Clement (b 1903), Ethel Ruth Clement (b 1906), Robert James Clement (b 1910), and David William Clement. He served two years as a Brandon city alderman and six years as a school trustee. He served as a member of the Brandon School Board and was mayor of Brandon from 1907 to 1908. He was President of the Canadian Club in 1912. He was a representative of the Council of Bar Associations for the Western Judicial District, a Bencher for the Law Society of Manitoba, and a Director of the Brandon General Hospital. He was a director of the Provincial Exhibition and the Manitoba Winter Fair, a director of Wesley College, and a trustee of First United Church. He played rugby and lacrosse, and was a lover of fine horses.

In 1914 he unsuccessfully contested the Brandon City constituency in the Manitoba Legislature against G. R. Coldwell. In 1915, he defeated James Aikins, Leader of the Conservative Party, and served one term, after which he served from 1927 to 1944 as county court judge.

He died at Brandon on 31 December 1947. He is commemorated by Clement Drive in Brandon.

Sources:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1917.

“S. E. Clement, Pioneer of Brandon, Succumbs” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1948. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B10, page 2]

Profile revised: 28 August 2009

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