Cecil Clarke

Cecil Clarke
Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
In office
June 29, 2006 – October 23, 2007
PremierRodney MacDonald
Lieutenant GovernorMyra Freeman
Mayann Francis
Preceded byMurray Scott
Succeeded byAlfie MacLeod
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Cape Breton North
In office
March 6, 2001 – March 25, 2011
Preceded byRussell MacLellan
Succeeded byEddie Orrell
Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality
In office
November 5, 2012 – October 17, 2020
Preceded byJohn W. Morgan
Succeeded byAmanda McDougall
In office
October 30, 2024 – present
Preceded byAmanda McDougall
Minister of Justice and
Attorney General of Nova Scotia
and Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia
In office
September 23, 2007 – June 19, 2009
Preceded byMurray Scott
Succeeded byRoss Landry
Personal details
Born
Cecil Phillip Clarke

(1968-04-12) April 12, 1968 (age 56)
North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada

Cecil Phillip Clarke (born April 12, 1968) is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He has been the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality since 2024, and previously served as mayor from from 2012 to 2020. He also represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, from 2001 to 2011 as a Progressive Conservative.