Rob Clarke

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

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.

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 (age 58) Kitimat, British Columbia
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Lakeland District, Saskatchewan
Profession	RCMP officer

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.

Electoral record

v t e 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]

v t e 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

v t e 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%