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About George Adam Clare
- George Adam Clare, (June 6, 1854 – January 9, 1915) was a businessman, manufacturer and politician based in Preston, Ontario, Canada (now part of Cambridge, Ontario). He was born in Preston to John Clare and Margaret Beck.
- In 1875, he went to work at his father's foundry eventually purchasing the enterprise in partnership with his brother and another associate upon his father's retirement in 1881.
- The business was incorporated in 1901 as Clare Bros.
- Co.
- Ltd., with George Clare as its president.In 1876, he married Catherine Fink.Clare also headed a number of other companies such as Galt Stove and Furnace, Clare and Clare and Brodest Ltd.
- of Winnipeg, Solid Leather Shoe Co.
- Ltd, Preston Car and Coach Co.
- and Canadian Office and School Furniture Co.
- Ltd.Clare was elected to the Preston town council in 1883 and became reeve of Preston in 1886 serving for two years.
- He assumed this position again from 1891 to 1898.When Preston was incorporated as a town in 1900 he became its first mayor.
- He also served as warden of Waterloo County in 1895.Clare was also active in federal politics running as the Conservative Party's candidate in Waterloo South on several occasions.
- He was defeated by James Livingston in the 1891 and 1896 federal elections before winning a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1900 election.
- He served as a Member of Parliament until his death in 1915 and was named to the Queen's Privy Council of Canada in 1913, a rare honour for someone not in Cabinet.
- Clare died in Preston.He was inducted to the City of Cambridge Hall of Fame in 2005.
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