Preceded by Murray Scott Role Politician Preceded by Russell MacLellan Residence Sydney Mines, Canada | Preceded by John W. Morgan Succeeded by Alfie MacLeod Name Cecil Clarke | |
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Born April 12, 1968 (age 56)
North Sydney, Nova Scotia ( 1968-04-12 ) Political party Progressive Conservative Religion United Church of Canada Party Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia | ||
Cecil Clarke, threatened with public shaming, announces he's gay
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.
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- Cecil Clarke threatened with public shaming announces hes gay
- Jci cape breton interviews cecil clarke conservative party candidate for sydney victoria
- Before politics
- Political career
- References
Jci cape breton interviews cecil clarke conservative party candidate for sydney victoria
Before politics
Born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Clarke graduated with a bachelor's degree from Mount Allison University in 1990.
Political career
In the 1997 federal election, Clarke made his first attempt at entering politics, running as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Sydney—Victoria. He finished third behind New Democrat Peter Mancini, and Liberal Vince MacLean. Clarke turned to provincial politics and was elected in a March 2001 byelection. He was re-elected in the 2003, 2006 and 2009 general elections. He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Energy, Attorney General and Minister of Justice. 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. 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. 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.
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. On October 20, 2012, Clarke was elected mayor. He assumed office on November 5, 2012.
Clarke was re-elected mayor in the 2016 municipal election.