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CLARK, M.Th., BARRY ROY, college instructor, youth director, teacher, minister, and counsellor; b. 5 July 1948 in Charlottetown, son of Roy Leard Clark and Irene Blanche MacPherson; m. 20 August 1973 Judith Ann Kerrick, and they have three children, Amie Charissa, Jeremy Roy “Jay,” and Ashley; Church of Christ.
Clark, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1978 for 6th Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1979. He was defeated in the general election of 1982. On 3 May 1979, Clark was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio and Minister Responsible for the Housing Corporation. On 1 April 1980, he was named Minister of Tourism, Industry and Energy. Clark was the first ordained person appointed to the provincial Cabinet, and one of the first two members of the clergy elected to the Legislature. He made two unsuccessful bids for the leadership of the Conservative party, the first in 1981 and the second in 1990.
Clark received his primary education at Sherwood School. At the age of 14, he worked in the sports department of Canadian Tire. The following year he travelled to Banff, Alberta, to obtain employment. The next summer he fished lobster in Murray Harbour. Clark attended Prince of Wiles College and Maritime Christian College, and from 1968 to 1969 Lincoln Christian College. In 1970 he graduated from the University of Prince Edward Island with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. That same year, Clark graduated from Maritime Christian College and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Theology. From 1971 to 1974, Clark ministered at the Metro Toronto Church. On 26 August 1973 he was ordained at the Sherwood Church of Christ. Following the ordination he moved to Toronto to minister at Keele Street Church, located in the city’s west end. Clark obtained a Master’s degree in counselling, and a diploma in practical theology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. For one year he taught at Montague High School. His ministries have included a year as Youth Minister at the Tinley Park Church of Christ in Chicago, a year at the Montague Church of Christ, a summer at the Central Christian Church in Charlottetown, and supply preaching at the Fredericton and Glasgow churches. While in Edinburgh, Clark served as assistant minister at the Liberton Kirk of the Church of Scotland. In 1974 he was the Red Cross Youth Director for the province. Clark worked as a community development facilitator and business instructor at the Leadership Institute of Holland College. For a period of time he operated the Shining Waters Lodge in Cavendish. Clark was the minister at New Glasgow Church of Christ. For five years he did missionary work in Thailand, returning to Prince Edward Island in the middle of 2001. Clark now' resides in New Glasgow and is working as a counsellor.
Judith Clark is the daughter of Merrit Kerrick of Elizabethtown, Kentucky., CPG 1981. 1982-1983; PEI Cabinet Biographic Summary 1980. Guardian 23 August 1973, 8 April 1978, 16 April 1979, 22 October I^Sl, 8 October 1985. 8 April 1989, 7 September 1990; 21 October 2002; Journal-Pioneer 5 November 1981; UPEI: Robertson Library: PEI Collection.