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♂ Charles Joseph Clark
aliasJoe Clark
Record
11229 · 284

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 0 8
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 8 1 9
Birth 5 June 1939
Age 84 years + 10 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 19 years + 10 months ago (27 June 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Charles Joseph (Joe) Clark (1939– )
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Hugh Clark (1867–1959) Grand-uncle  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 24 9 3

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 30
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 36–39 22 Feb 1976 — 03 Jun 1979 3 3 12
2. CA 30–32
PC
 1 Party leader 36–43 22 Feb 1976 — 18 Feb 1983 6 11 27
3. CA 31
PC
 1 Prime Minister 39–40 04 Jun 1979 — 02 Mar 1980 0 8 27
4. CA 32
PC
 2 Opposition Leader 40–43 03 Mar 1980 — 01 Feb 1983 2 10 29
5. CA 33–34
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 45–51 17 Sep 1984 — 20 Apr 1991 6 7 3
6. CA 33
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 45 13 Feb 1985 — 26 Feb 1985 0 0 13
7. CA 33
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 49 08 Dec 1988 — 29 Jan 1989 0 1 21
8. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 51–54 21 Apr 1991 — 24 Jun 1993 2 2 3
9. CA 36–37
PC
 2 Party leader 59–63 14 Nov 1998 — 30 May 2003 4 6 16
10. CA 37
DRC
 1 Party leader 62 19 Sep 2001 — 09 Apr 2002 0 6 21
 5. External Affairs
 6. National Defence [Int]
 7. Justice and Attorney General [Int]
 8. Constitutional Affairs [Privy Council]

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
6 documented challengers
⊕ Peggy Askin  f 
⊕ Eric C. Lowther  m 
⊕ Allen B. Sulatycky  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur J. Dixon  m 
⊕ E. Preston Manning  m 
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
 
Eligible: 21,159 Votes: 12,934 Participation: 61.13% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13116(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
27
PC
 2/4 4,940 38.37% -461 Winner:
SC
 5,401 41.95% Arthur J. Dixon
Eligible: 37,037 Votes: 25,149 Participation: 67.90% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Alberta
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10144(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
PC
 1/4 12,984 51.63% +5,011 Loser:
LIB
 7,973 31.70% Allen B. Sulatycky

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,037 Votes: 26,258 Participation: 70.90% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Alberta
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10408(F) — 29 Jan 2022 22:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PC
 1/4 16,042 61.09% +9,806 Loser:
LIB
 6,236 23.75% Arthur Yates

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 64,537 Votes: 41,210 Participation: 63.85% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Alberta
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4339(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
39
PC
 1/5 28,849 70.00% +21,766 Loser:
LIB
 7,083 17.19% Laurie Switzer

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 64,537 Votes: 40,309 Participation: 62.46% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Alberta
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4057(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
PC
 1/5 27,953 69.47% +20,651 Loser:
LIB
 7,302 18.15% Laurie Switzer

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 73,411 Votes: 50,713 Participation: 69.08% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Alberta
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3767(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/6 37,462 74.01% +30,556 Loser:
NDP
 6,906 13.64% Rick Hardy

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,097 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
34		 Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3472(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/7 17,847 44.51% +6,640 Loser:
REF
 11,207 27.95% E. Preston Manning

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,348 Votes: 41,534 Participation: 66.62% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Alberta
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3171(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
REF
 22,790 55.04% Clifford N. Breitkreuz
Eligible: 69,319 Votes: 27,408 Participation: 39.54% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Nova Scotia
11 September 2000
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10844(F) — 31 Jan 2022 23:03 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
61
PC
 1/5 14,525 53.45% +7,150 Loser:
NDP
 7,375 27.14% Kaye Johnson

Service: 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 101,181 Votes: 57,455 Participation: 56.78% Candidacies: 7
Federal
37		 Alberta
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2539(F) — 30 Jun 2023 12:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
PC
 1/7 26,358 46.05% +4,304 Loser:
CA
 22,054 38.53% Eric C. Lowther
After his election:
12 Sep 2001 62
PC
 →
DRC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
10 Apr 2002 62
DRC
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
2 Feb 2004 64
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 85,490 Votes: 52,126 Participation: 60.97% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Alberta
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 957(F) — 30 Jan 2022 18:38 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
CPC
 28,143 54.19% P.E. James (Jim) Prentice

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
CBC Archives (13 December 2018), The day Joe Clark's short-lived PC government came to an end		 07 Apr 2024
EN Non-standard link
Encyclopedia Britannica, Joe Clark: Prime Minister of Canada		 07 Apr 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Joe Clark		 07 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Joe Clark		 07 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Charles Joseph Clark, P.C., C.C., A.O.E., M.P.		 07 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. Charles Joseph Clark, C.P., C.C., A.O.E., député		 07 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joe Clark		 07 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joe Clark		 07 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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