Person

Clement, Edwin Perry

1853-1924

Edwin Perry Clement (1853-1924) was born October 19th 1953 to Rev. Edwin and Mary Couch Pope Clement in Simcoe Township, Ontario. He attended Upper Canada College eventually went to Osgoode Hall to study law. E.P. moved to Berlin to study law under Ward Hamilton Bowlby and In 1876 E.P. was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada. After this he became a partner to Ward Hamilton Bowlby and the firm of Bowlby, Colquhoun and Clement was started. In 1902 he was appointed King’s Council and in 1907 was made Junior Judge of Essex. In the same year he had to resign from the position and instead took up as the Vice-President of The Mutual Life Assurance Company, whose board he had been on since 1887. In 1908 he was made President of the company. E.P. was also involved in local politics, at one point running against Joseph Seagram (father of his sister-in-law). He was also involved on much social work including the establishment of the Kitchener YMCA, of which he was the first president, and in the temperance cause. On October 22nd, 1878 he married 20 year old Janie Elizabeth Bowlby, niece of his law partner.

Clement, George Thomas (1860-)

Clement, William Henry Pope (1858-1922)

Clement, Margaret Elizabeth (1856-)

Clement, Mary Alice (1851-)

Clement, Catherine Louise (1850-)

Clement, John James (1848-)

Clement, Janie Elizabeth Bowlby (1859-1919)

Clement, Mary Couch Pope (1825-1910)

Clement, David Ward (1897-1917)

Clement, Florence Grace (1889-1988)

Clement, William Pope (1887-1982)

Clement, Edwin Oliver (1885-1953)

Kelly, Blanche Mildred Clement (1881-1945)

Clement, Charles Bowlby (1879-1970)

Clement, Edwin, Rev. (1819-1885)

• Edwin Perry Clement - Find a grave.
• Edwin Perry Clement - Waterloo Region Generations
• "The Late Edwin Perry." Waterloo Chronicle. August 28, 1924, p. 2.