William Henry Pope Clement (b. 1859)
	
W.H.P. Clement arrived in Dawson in January 1899 as legal advisor to the Yukon Council.  He was 40 years old and already firmly established as a jurist in the Ontario legal community. He was a Liberal, and the party felt that the Yukon needed his expertise as it was experiencing both rapid economic growth and constitutional reform. Yukon became a territory on 13 June 1898.((Hamar Foster and John McLaren, ed., "The Yukon Legal Profession" in The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Essays in //The History of Canadian Law: Vol. VI British Columbia and the Yukon.// Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1995: 466-469.)) 

Clement was not a popular man in the Yukon, being seen as obstinate and arrogant. Five months after his arrival he travelled back to Ottawa and Yukoners thought he was gone for good. However, he returned in the fall of 1899. He was the public administrator and Crown Prosecutor so was unable to keep his private practice. His salary was doubled in compensation. Clement had drafted changes to the Yukon Constitution and he was best able to explain these changes in the north, but a mutual lack of respect hindered communication. Clement stood for gradual political development. Provision was made in the 1899 amendment for elected representation but Clement argued against implementation. His attempts to block a territorial election were condemned by the Citizen's Committee.((Hamar Foster and John McLaren, ed., "The Yukon Legal Profession" in The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Essays in //The History of Canadian Law: Vol. VI British Columbia and the Yukon.// Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1995: 466-469.)) 

In the spring of 1900, Judge Dugas and Girouard (Register of Lands) were in favour of opening the Yukon Council sessions to the public but Clement opposed. He was unsuccessful and so he boycotted the council's sittings during his last two months in the Yukon. He travelled to Ottawa in 1900 to advise on the territory's situation and retired from the civil service.((Hamar Foster and John McLaren, ed., "The Yukon Legal Profession" in The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Essays in //The History of Canadian Law: Vol. VI British Columbia and the Yukon.// Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1995: 466-469.))