Rob Clarke

Infobox_CanadianMP
honorific-prefix =
name = Robert Clarke
honorific-suffix =
MP


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riding = Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
parliament = Canadian
term_start = March 31 2008
term_end =
predecessor = Gary Merasty
successor =
birth_date = March 2, 1967
birth_place = Kitimat, British Columbia
death_date =
death_place =
party = Conservative
spouse = Leanne Clarke
residence = Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
profession = RCMP officer

Robert "Rob" Clarke 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 Quesnel, British Columbia. At the time of his election to the Canadian House of Commons he had been a member of the RCMP for 17 years, all of which have been spent in Saskatchewan, and has attained the rank of sergeant.

Electoral history

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Rob Clarke
align=right|4,996
align=right|47.75%
align=right|+6.66%
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Joan Beatty
align=right|3,287
align=right|31.42%
align=right|-9.95%
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Brian Morin
align=right|1,839
align=right|17.58%
align=right|+2.21%
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Robin Orr
align=right|340
align=right|3.25%
align=right|+1.09%
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External links

* [http://www.robclarke.ca/ Official Website]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=f7462c37-d7ca-4983-9106-f16b855b3c4f&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]