Rob Clarke

For other people named Robert Clarke, see Robert Clarke (disambiguation).

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	(1967-03-02) March 2, 1967 Kitimat, British Columbia
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Rural Municipality of Lakeland
Profession	RCMP officer

Robert G. "Rob" 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, 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 has 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.

In the 2015 Canadian Election, Clarke was defeated by NDP candidate Georgina Jolibois by 1,190 votes.

Electoral history

2015 Canadian federal election: Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Georgina Jolibois	10,319	34.15%	-11.23	–
	Liberal	Lawrence Joseph	10,237	33.88%	+28.61	–
	Conservative	Rob Clarke	9,105	30.14%	-16.74	–
	Green	Warren Koch	552	1.83%	-0.64	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,213	100.0		$227,329.67
Total rejected ballots			91	–	–
Turnout			30,303	68.37%	–
Eligible voters			44,320
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.
Source: Elections Canada

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	-1.27	$4
Total valid votes/Expense limit			21,928	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			95	0.43	-0.11
Turnout			22,023	52.43	+7.68

2008 Canadian federal election: Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Clarke	8,964	46.7%	-1.1%	$81,066
	Liberal	David Orchard	5,816	30.3%	-1.1%	$88,314
	New Democratic	Brian Morin	3,412	17.8%	+0.2%	$1,459
	Green	George Morin	735	3.8%	+0.6%	$1,387
	First Peoples National	Rob Ballantyne	282	1.47%	–

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%

External links

• Official Website
• Rob Clarke – Parliament of Canada biography