Clearihue was born in
Victoria, British Columbia in 1887. He was educated at
Victoria High School before attending
Victoria College, British Columbia (a predecessor institution of the
University of Victoria) in 1903, where he was one of the first to study at the college. During the First World War, Clearihue served with the Fifth Canadian Field Artillery Unit. Thereafter, he worked as a lawyer and served as a Member of the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia when he was
elected in 1920 as a member of the
British Columbia Liberal Party for
Victoria City. He was defeated in both the 1924 and 1933 provincial elections. He was later an
alderman for Victoria and a county court judge, becoming chair of the Victoria College Council in 1947 and leading it to the award of university status in 1963. The Clearihue building on the University of Victoria campus is named in his honour. Clearihue died in 1976. ==References==