Cecil Clarke

For the soldier and inventor, see Cecil Vandepeer Clarke. For the physician and Pan-Africanist, see Cecil Belfield Clarke.

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2011 Canadian federal election: Sydney—Victoria

His Worship The Honourable Cecil Clarke
Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
In office June 29, 2006 –October 23, 2007
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	14,788	39.91	-9.49	$67,454.53
	Conservative	Cecil Clarke	14,023	37.85	+17.23	$77,334.98
	New Democratic	Kathy MacLeod	7,049	19.02	-5.42	$17,238.77
	Green	Chris Milburn	1,191	3.21	-2.33	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,051	100.0		$80,666.28
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			279	0.75	+0.03
Turnout			37,330	61.48	+4.07
Eligible voters			60,719
	Liberal hold		Swing		-13.36
Sources: [25] [26]

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	3,477	44.47	-6.24
	New Democratic	Russell MacDonald	3,312	42.36	+16.53
	Liberal	Ken Jardine	921	11.78	-10.21
	Green	Chris Milburn	108	1.38	-0.09
Total valid votes			7,818	99.42	–
Total rejected ballots			0.58	–
Turnout			7,864	54.62	-6.05
Eligible voters			14,397
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.39
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [27]

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	4,310	50.71	+7.25
	New Democratic	Russell MacDonald	2,195	25.83	+5.98
	Liberal	Fred Tilley	1,869	21.99	-14.70
	Green	Marc Doucet	125	1.47	+1.47
Total valid votes			8,499	99.53	–
Total rejected ballots			40	0.47	–
Turnout			8,539	60.67	-4.88
Eligible voters			14,075
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.61
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [27]

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	3,754	43.46	+5.24
	Liberal	Mike White	3,169	36.69	+4.21
	New Democratic	Cecil Snow	1,714	19.85	-9.45
Total valid votes			8,637	99.15	–
Total rejected ballots			0.85	–
Turnout			8,711	65.55	-2.39
Eligible voters			13,288
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.73
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [27]

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, March 6, 2001 upon the resignation of Russell MacLellan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	3,024	38.22	+16.74
	Liberal	Wes Stubbert	2,570	32.48	-16.21
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	2,319	29.30	-0.53
Total valid votes			7,913	99.48	–
Total rejected ballots			41	0.52	–
Turnout			7,954	67.94	-5.63
Eligible voters			11,708
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.48
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [28]

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election : Sydney—Victoria
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Peter Mancini	22,455	51.1
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	11,569	26.3
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	9,920	22.6
Total valid votes			43,944	100.0

References

1. "Sydney-Victoria PCs nominate consultant". The Chronicle Herald. May 2, 1997. Archived from the original on December 19, 2000. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
2. "Mancini promises to fight for jobs". The Chronicle Herald. June 3, 1997. Archived from the original on November 30, 2001. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
3. "Tories win Cape Breton North". CBC News. March 7, 2001. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
4. "By-election Returns, 2001 (Cape Breton North)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
5. "Election Returns, 2003 (Cape Breton North)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
6. "Election Returns, 2006 (Cape Breton North)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
7. "Election Returns, 2009 (Cape Breton North)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
8. "New faces, new jobs among 15 in cabinet". The Chronicle Herald. August 16, 2003. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
9. "Cabinet shuffle see Clarke become attorney general and justice minister". Cape Breton Post. October 23, 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
10. "MLA Clarke eyes federal seat". CBC News. July 29, 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
11. "MLA Clarke resigns to run federally". CBC News. March 25, 2011. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
12. "Clarke to carry Tory hopes". The Chronicle Herald. March 28, 2011.^{[ dead link ‍]}
13. "Eyking wins Sydney-Victoria seat in close race against Clarke". Cape Breton Post. May 2, 2011. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
14. "Former MLA runs for Cape Breton mayor's seat". CBC News. September 6, 2012. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
15. "Cecil Clarke wins mayoral bid in Cape Breton". CBC News. October 20, 2012. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
16. "Clarke and new CBRM council sworn in". Cape Breton Post. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
17. "Clarke wins tight race". Cape Breton Post. October 15, 2016. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
18. "Cost of CBRM mayor's trip to China under the microscope". CTV Atlantic. 2018-01-10. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
19. "'I'm a public person with a very private life,' says Cecil Clarke, announcing he's gay". CBC News. February 1, 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
20. "Cecil Clarke becomes 3rd candidate to enter PC leadership race". CBC News. February 3, 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
21. "Houston surges to victory in PC leadership race". CBC News. October 27, 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
22. "McDougall defeats Clarke to become 1st female mayor of CBRM". CBC News. October 17, 2020. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
23. "Cecil Clarke to return to mayor's office in CBRM". CBC News. October 19, 2024. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
24. Dyment, Luke (November 1, 2024). "'Taxes need to be reduced'; New CBRM councillors share priorities". PNI Atlantic News. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
25. "OVR / ROS". www.elections.ca.
26. Canada, Elections. "Search for Returns". www.elections.ca.
27. "Summary Results of Nova Scotia Elections, 1867 - 2017" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 4, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
28. "Complete Results and Statistics, Cape Breton North and Halifax Fairview by-elections, March 6, 2001" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

External links

• Cecil Clarke on CBRM website.