Ben Lobb

Benjamin Thomas Lobb MP (born September 10, 1976) is a Canadian politician, who has represented the federal riding of Huron-Bruce in the House of Commons since 2008. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Ben Lobb MP
Member of Parliament for Huron—Bruce
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Paul Steckle
Personal details
Born	(1976-09-11) September 11, 1976 (age 48) Huron, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Point Clark, Ontario[1]
Alma mater	Lee University

Early life

Ben was born and raised in Clinton, Ontario. He attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee where he earned his B.Sc. in business administration.^[2]

Prior to being elected, Lobb worked in the Finance Department for D2L and also at Wescast Industries in Wingham, Ontario.^[3]

Political career

Lobb was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 2008 and has subsequently been re-elected in 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2025. Since first being elected, Lobb has served on a number of committees, including as Chair of the Standing Committee on Health.^[4] Lobb was named the Shadow Minister for Digital Government on October 13, 2022 by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

In February 2021, Lobb was the sole Conservative MP to vote in favour of an NDP-proposed motion to take a first step towards developing a national pharmacare system. The bill, proposed by Peter Julian, would have established the conditions for federal financial contributions to provincial drug insurance plans.^[5]

In the 44th Parliament, Lobb introduced Private Member's Bill, C-234 also known as An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.^[6] Lobb's Bill sought to remove the carbon tax off propane and natural gas for agriculture functions such as heating livestock barns and drying grains.^[7] The Bill progressed to the Senate and was returned to the House of Commons with amendments, but died with the prorogation of Parliament.^[8] Lobb also jointly-seconded Bill C-350, An Act to amend the State Immunity Act, the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.^[9]

Each summer, Lobb runs a minor baseball camp for youth in his riding to foster their skills development in the sport.^[10] The two-day camps in Clinton^[11] and Kincardine^[12] regularly have a headlining instructor who previously played in the MLB.

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Huron—Bruce
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	37,033	53.13	+2.20
	Liberal	James Rice	28,936	41.51	+15.34
	New Democratic	Melanie Burrett	2,341	3.36	–11.44
	Green	Gregory J McLean	927	1.33	N/A
	Independent	Justin L Smith	273	0.39	–0.46
	Independent	Caesar salad Pella	194	0.28	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			69,704	75.75
Eligible voters			92,013
	Conservative hold		Swing		–6.57
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Huron—Bruce
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	31,170	50.9	+2.4	$83,925.78
	Liberal	James Rice	16,015	26.2	-6.9	$96,832.95
	New Democratic	Jan Johnstone	9,056	14.8	+2.6	$23,930.53
	People's	Jack Stecho	4,437	7.3	+5.5	$509.89
	Independent	Justin L. Smith	519	0.8	N/A	$2,279.23
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,197	99.4	–	$116,852.78
Total rejected ballots			357	0.6
Turnout			61,554	70.0
Eligible voters			87,978
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.7
Source: Elections Canada[15]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Huron—Bruce
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	29,512	48.5	+3.56	none listed
	Liberal	Allan Thompson	20,167	33.1	-6.61	$82,810.20
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	7,421	12.2	-0.75	$25,745.80
	Green	Nicholas Wendler	2,665	4.4	+2.00	$0.00
	People's	Kevin M. Klerks	1,102	1.8		$2,074.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			60,867	100.0
Total rejected ballots			398
Turnout			61,265	71.1
Eligible voters			86,147
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.09
Source: Elections Canada[16][17]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	26,174	44.94	-10.01	–
	Liberal	Allan Thompson	23,129	39.71	+23.21	–
	New Democratic	Gerard Creces	7,544	12.95	-12.39	–
	Green	Jutta Splettstoesser	1,398	2.40	-0.33	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,245	100.00		$214,719.74
Total rejected ballots			232	0.40
Turnout			58,477	72.77
Eligible voters			80,355
	Conservative hold		Swing		-16.61
Source: Elections Canada[18][19]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	29,255	54.95	+10.1	–
	New Democratic	Grant Robertson	13,493	25.34	+10.3	–
	Liberal	Charlie Bagnato	8,784	16.50	-16.5	–
	Green	Eric Shelley	1,455	2.73	-2.6	–
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	254	0.48	0.0	–
Total valid votes			53,241	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			247	0.5	–
Turnout			53,488	68.8	–
Eligible voters			77,743	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.1

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	22,202	44.8	+6.8	$59,966
	Liberal	Greg McClinchey	16,346	33.0	-5.0	$74,928
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	7,426	15.0	-1.3	$37,499
	Green	Glen Smith	2,617	5.3	+1.9
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	747	1.5	-0.4	$5,359
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	242	0.5	0.0	$3,622
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,580	100.0	$83,704
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.9

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,260	39.8	-10.0
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	20,289	38.0	+6.9
	New Democratic	Grant Robertson	8,696	16.3	3.2
	Green	Victoria Serda	1,829	3.4	+0.4
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	1,019	1.9	0.0
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	270	0.5
Total valid votes			53,363	100.0