Reuben Clements

Reuben Clements (August 14, 1783 – March 28, 1868) was a sailor, pilot and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1835 to 1847 as a Reformer.

He was born in Chebogue, Nova Scotia, the son of Captain Elkanah Clements and Lucy Holmes. Clements married Elizabeth Pinkney. He served as a justice of the peace for Yarmouth County and also as county treasurer.^[1] He was first elected to the assembly in 1830 but subsequently disqualified after an appeal by Samuel Sheldon Poole;^[2] Clements was reelected in a by-election held in 1835 following Poole's death.^[1] He did not run for reelection in 1847.^[3] Clements died at the age of 84, probably in Yarmouth.^[1]