Cecil Clarke
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The Honourable Cecil Clarke |
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| Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
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In office June 29, 2006 – October 23, 2007 |
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| Premier | Rodney MacDonald |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Myra Freeman Mayann Francis |
| Preceded by | Murray Scott |
| Succeeded by | Alfie MacLeod |
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Cape Breton North |
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In office March 6, 2001 – March 25, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Russell MacLellan |
| Succeeded by | Eddie Orrell |
| Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality | |
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Assumed office November 5, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | John W. Morgan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 12, 1968 North Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
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.
Born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Clarke graduated with a bachelor's degree from Mount Allison University in 1990.
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.
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