Robert G. Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | |
| In office March 17, 2008 – August 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Gary Merasty |
| Succeeded by | Georgina Jolibois |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 2, 1967 Kitimat, British Columbia |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Lakeland District, Saskatchewan |
| Profession | RCMP officer |
Robert G. Clarke (born March 2, 1967) is a politician and career Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. He was the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River for the March 17, 2008 federal by-election in which he defeated Liberal candidate Joan Beatty.
A member of the Muskeg Lake First Nation, he grew up in Gibsons, Slocan, and Quesnel, British Columbia. At the time of his election to the House of Commons of Canada he had been a member of the RCMP for 18 years, all of which was spent in Saskatchewan, and had attained the rank of sergeant.
Clarke sponsored the Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act as a private members bill. The bill became law in December 2014.[1]
In the 2015 Canadian Election, Clarke finished third and was defeated by NDP candidate Georgina Jolibois by 1,190 votes.
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Georgina Jolibois | 10,319 | 34.15 | -11.23 | $26,597.41 | |||
| Liberal | Lawrence Joseph | 10,237 | 33.88 | +28.62 | $50,341.46 | |||
| Conservative | Rob Clarke | 9,105 | 30.14 | -16.75 | $83,236.17 | |||
| Green | Warren Koch | 552 | 1.83 | -0.64 | $1,984.03 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 30,213 | 99.70 | $228,699.20 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 91 | 0.30 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 30,304 | 64.72 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 46,824 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.76 | ||||||
| These results were subject to a judicial recount and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Georgina Jolibois over Lawrence Joseph increased from 71 votes to 82 votes as a result of the recount.[2] | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Rob Clarke | 10,509 | 47.93 | +1.26 | $74,871 | |||
| New Democratic | Lawrence Joseph | 9,715 | 44.30 | +26.53 | $74,655 | |||
| Liberal | Gabe Lafond | 1,144 | 5.22 | -25.06 | $57,456 | |||
| Green | George Morin | 560 | 2.55 | -1.26 | $4 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 21,928 | 99.57 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 95 | 0.43 | -0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,023 | 50.35 | +5.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 43,739 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -12.64 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Rob Clarke | 8,964 | 46.67 | -1.16 | $81,066 | |||
| Liberal | David Orchard | 5,816 | 30.28 | -1.30 | $88,314 | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Morin | 3,414 | 17.77 | +0.24 | $1,459 | |||
| Green | George Morin | 733 | 3.82 | +0.75 | $1,387 | |||
| First Peoples National | Rob Ballantyne | 282 | 1.47 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,209 | 100.00 | $90,390 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 105 | 0.54 | +0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,314 | 44.75 | +20.03 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 | ||||||
| By-election on March 17, 2008: Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rob Clarke | 4,996 | 47.75% | +6.66% | ||
| Liberal | Joan Beatty | 3,287 | 31.42% | -9.95% | ||
| New Democratic | Brian Morin | 1,839 | 17.58% | +2.21% | ||
| Green | Robin Orr | 340 | 3.25% | +1.09% | ||