Rob Clarke

Robert G. Clarke
Member of Parliament
for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
In office
March 17, 2008 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byGary Merasty
Succeeded byGeorgina Jolibois
Personal details
Born (1967-03-02) March 2, 1967 (age 57)
Kitimat, British Columbia
Political partyConservative
ResidenceLakeland District, Saskatchewan
ProfessionRCMP officer

Robert G. Clarke (born March 2, 1967) is a politician and career Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. He was the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River for the March 17, 2008 federal by-election in which he defeated Liberal candidate Joan Beatty.

A member of the Muskeg Lake First Nation, he grew up in Gibsons, Slocan, and Quesnel, British Columbia. At the time of his election to the House of Commons of Canada he had been a member of the RCMP for 18 years, all of which was spent in Saskatchewan, and had attained the rank of sergeant.

Clarke sponsored the Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act as a private members bill. The bill became law in December 2014.[1]

In the 2015 Canadian Election, Clarke finished third and was defeated by NDP candidate Georgina Jolibois by 1,190 votes.

  1. ^ "Aboriginal MP's bill to change the Indian Act passed into law | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2021-03-17.