Steve Clark (Canadian politician)
Steve Clark | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing | |
| Assumed office June 29, 2018 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Bill Mauro Peter Milczyn |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Leeds—Grenville (2010-2018) | |
| Assumed office March 4, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Runciman |
| Mayor of Brockville | |
| In office 1982–1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 7, 1960 Brockville, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Deanna Clark |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence(s) | Brockville, Ontario |
Steve Clark (born November 7, 1960) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He represents the riding of Leeds—Grenville and has served as an MPP since 2010. On September 10, 2015 he was named co-deputy leader with Sylvia Jones.
Background
Clark was born in Brockville, Ontario on November 7, 1960.[1] He lives in Brockville with his wife Deanna and their five children.[2]
Politics
Clark served as mayor of Brockville from 1982 to 1991.[3] First elected at age 22, he was the youngest mayor in Canada at the time.[4] He later worked as an advertising salesman for the Brockville Recorder and Times, as an administrative assistant to Bob Runciman, and as the chief administrative officer of the township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands.[5]
He was elected in a by-election on March 4, 2010 held to replace Bob Runciman who resigned to accept a position in the Canadian Senate.[3] He was easily re-elected in 2011 and in 2014 both with large pluralities.[6][7]
In September 2018 as Municipal Affairs Minister, he introduced controversial legislation intended to slash the size of Toronto city council. When this legislation was ruled unconstitutional, he supported the unprecedented step of invoking the notwithstanding clause to nullify the offended sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. For this action, Clark faced widespread condemnation for his support of the government's dictatorial and authoritarian approach to governance. [8] Clark was additionally a source for derision when the example he gave of the problems in Toronto city council and the need for Bill 5/31 was that city council spent 15 hours debating the city's budget, failing to mention that it was an 11 billion dollar budget.
Electoral record
| 2014 Ontario general election: Leeds—Grenville | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steve Clark | 23,253 | 56.07 | −7.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Christine Milks | 8,499 | 20.49 | +3.06 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Lundy | 7,219 | 17.41 | +2.18 | ||||
| Green | Stephen Bowering | 2,030 | 4.89 | +1.44 | ||||
| Libertarian | Harold Gabriel | 471 | 1.14 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,472 | 100.0 | +8.43 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −5.30 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 042 Leeds-Grenville" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015. | ||||||||
| 2011 Ontario general election: Leeds—Grenville | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Steve Clark | 24,314 | 63.60 | −3.08 | $ 52,598.00 | |||
| Liberal | Ray Heffernan | 6,663 | 17.43 | −2.65 | 17,512.99 | |||
| New Democratic | David Lundy | 5,822 | 15.23 | +10.12 | 13,274.26 | |||
| Green | Charlie Taylor | 1,319 | 3.45 | −4.22 | 3,731.20 | |||
| Socialist | Lance Fulsom | 111 | 0.29 | 0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes / expense limit | 38,229 | 100.0 | +37.72 | $ 90,198.43 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 155 | 0.40 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,384 | 50.64 | +14.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,797 | −0.34 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −0.22 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Leeds—Grenville" (PDF). "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved June 8, 2014. | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, March 4, 2010: Leeds—Grenville Resignation of Bob Runciman | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Steve Clark | 18,510 | 66.68 | +10.44 | $ 27,511.00 | |||
| Liberal | Stephen Mazurek | 5,573 | 20.08 | −8.59 | 65,190.41 | |||
| Green | Neil Kudrinko | 2,130 | 7.67 | +0.49 | 14,799.66 | |||
| New Democratic | Steve Armstrong | 1,417 | 5.10 | −1.87 | 17,118.89 | |||
| Libertarian | Anthony Giles | 129 | 0.46 | 297.56 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 27,759 | 100.0 | −39.61 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 87 | 0.31 | −0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,846 | 36.61 | −24.57 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,053 | +5.35 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Leeds—Grenville By-Election – March 4, 2010". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 8, 2014. "2010 By-Election Returns – Ottawa West-Nepean – Candidate (CR-1) & Association (CR-3) Returns". "Ontario's Runciman among 5 new senators". Toronto Star. January 29, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2014. | ||||||||
Cabinet Posts
References
- ^ Rafter, Jack (November 16, 1991). "Kid councillor becomes kid Reeve". The Kingston Whig - Standard. p. 1.
- ^ Gardiner, Nick (March 2, 2010). "Boy-wonder mayor back to his roots". Brockville Recorder and Times.
- ^ a b "McGuinty Liberals win narrow victory in Ottawa by-election". The Globe and Mail. March 4, 2010.
- ^ "Former politician scores upset win in Hamilton vote". The Globe and Mail, November 9, 1982.
- ^ "Steven Clark named new CAO of TLTI". Gananoque Reporter. July 14, 2009.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "General Election by District: Leeds—Grenville". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
- ^ https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/09/12/municipal-affairs-and-housing-minister-must-stand-up-for-charter.html
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