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♂ Cecil Phillip Clarke
aliasCecil Clarke
Record
11347 · 4010

☆   Gay (openly)
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Total 4 2 6
Birth 12 April 1968
Age 56 years
First mandate 6 March 2001 → 23 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 32 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 13 years + 1 month ago (25 March 2011)
Special notes
None
 
Cecil Phillip Clarke (1968– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Progressive Conservative and former speaker of the Nova Scotia legislature, Clarke came out as gay in 2018 while he was the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, revealing that someone had threatened to out him.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Cape Breton RM, Nova Scotia (2012–2020)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 10 0 15 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 60
PC
 1 Speaker 38–39 29 Jun 2006 — 23 Oct 2007 1 3 24

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Mark Eyking  m 
⊕ Vincent J. MacLean  m 
⊕ Fred Tilley  m 
 		 ⊕ Helen MacDonald  f 
⊕ D. Peter Mancini  m 
 
Eligible: 59,663 Votes: 44,344 Participation: 74.32% Candidacies: 3
Federal
36		 Nova Scotia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2945(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
29
PC
 3/3 9,920 22.57% -12,535 Winner:
NDP
 22,455 51.10% D. Peter Mancini
Eligible: 11,708 Votes: 7,954 Participation: 67.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
6 March 2001
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14204(F) — 24 Feb 2024 16:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
PC
 1/3 3,024 38.22% +454 Loser:
LIB
 2,570 32.48% Wes Stubbert

Service: 2 years 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,288 Votes: 8,711 Participation: 65.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1269(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PC
 1/3 3,754 43.46% +585 Loser:
LIB
 3,169 36.69% Mike White

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,075 Votes: 8,539 Participation: 60.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 491(F) — 14 Oct 2023 19:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/4 4,310 50.71% +2,115 Loser:
NDP
 2,195 25.83% Russell MacDonald

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,397 Votes: 7,864 Participation: 54.62% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6126(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/4 3,477 44.47% +165 Loser:
NDP
 3,312 42.36% Russell MacDonald
After his election:
25 Mar 2011 42
PC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 9 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 60,719 Votes: 37,330 Participation: 61.48% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41		 Nova Scotia
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6332(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
43
CPC
 2/4 14,023 37.85% -765 Winner:
LIB
 14,788 39.91% Mark Eyking
Eligible: 14,114 Votes: 7,299 Participation: 51.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
21 June 2011
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14233(F) — 16 Sep 2021 21:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
PC
 3,975 54.88% R. Edward Orrell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Clarke, Cecil P. (p. 51)		 12 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Cecil Clarke		 12 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Apr 2024 07:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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