Cecil Clarke
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Cecil Clarke | |
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Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
In office June 2006 – October 2007 |
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Preceded by | Murray Scott |
Succeeded by | Alfie MacLeod |
MLA for Cape Breton North | |
In office March 6, 2001 – March 25, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Russell MacLellan |
Succeeded by | Eddie Orrell |
Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality | |
Assumed office November 5, 2012[1] |
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Preceded by | John W. Morgan |
Personal details | |
Born | North Sydney, Nova Scotia |
April 12, 1968
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence | Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia |
Religion | United Church of Canada |
Cecil Phillip Clarke (born April 12, 1968) is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. He represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, from 2001 to 2011. He served as a Progressive Conservative.
Before politics
Born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Clarke graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Mount Allison University in 1990.[citation needed]
Political career
In the 1997 federal election, Clarke made his first attempt at entering politics, running as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Sydney—Victoria.[2] He finished third behind New Democrat Peter Mancini, and Liberal Vince MacLean.[3] Clarke turned to provincial politics and was elected in a March 2001 byelection.[4][5] He was re-elected in the 2003,[6] 2006[7] and 2009 general elections.[8] He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Energy,[9] Attorney General and Minister of Justice.[10] Clarke was Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia from June 2006 to October 2007.
In July 2010, Clarke announced that he was seeking the federal Conservative nomination for the riding of Sydney—Victoria.[11] On March 25, 2011, Clarke resigned his seat in the Nova Scotia legislature so he could run for the Conservatives in the 2011 federal election.[12][13] On May 2, 2011, Clark was defeated in his bid for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada by Liberal incumbent Mark Eyking.[14]
On September 6, 2012, Clarke announced that he was entering the race for mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in the 2012 Nova Scotia municipal elections.[15] On October 20, 2012, Clarke was elected mayor.[16] He assumed office on November 5, 2012.[1]
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External links
- Cecil Clarke on CBRM website.
- Articles with dead external links from October 2014
- Articles with unsourced statements from September 2012
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Members of the United Church of Canada
- Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
- Speakers of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
- Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 2011 Canadian federal election
- Mount Allison University alumni
- Mayors of places in Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia candidates for Member of Parliament
- People from North Sydney, Nova Scotia