Ben Lobb
Ben Lobb | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Huron—Bruce | |
| Assumed office October 14, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Steckle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 10, 1976 Huron, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Andrea Fisher-Lobb (divorced) |
Benjamin T. Lobb (born September 10, 1976) is a Canadian politician, who represents the federal riding of Huron-Bruce in the House of Commons. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Early life
Ben Lobb attended Lee University, a private christian university affiliated with the Pentecostal church, located in Cleveland, Tennessee where he earned his B.Sc. in business administration.[1]
Prior to entering politics, Lobb worked in the finance department of Wescast Industries in Wingham, Ontario. Lobb also formerly owned and operated a small business, the Central Huron Outlet Store, in Clinton, Ontario.[1]
Political career
Lobb was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 2008 and has been re-elected in 2011 and for a third term in the 2015 federal election.[2]
Lobb is currently a member of the standing committee on industry, science and technology.[3] Lobb is the former chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health. He is also a former member of the Veterans Affairs Standing Committee and Government Auto Caucus, Rural, Mining, Housing and Nuclear Caucus, standing committee on Human Resources, Skills, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Public Safety and National Security and Agriculture and Agri-Food.[4]
In November of 2016, Lobb endorsed Simcoe-Grey Conservative MP Kellie Leitch as candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race.[5] Lobb agreed with Lietch's stance for immigrants to be screened for "anti-Canadian values."[6]
Following the 2016 election of Donald Trump, Lobb declared that he had supported Trump since he declared his candidacy.[7]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ben Lobb | 26,174 | 44.94 | -10.01 | – | |||
| Liberal | Allan Thompson | 23,129 | 39.71 | +23.21 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Gerard Creces | 7,544 | 12.95 | -12.39 | – | |||
| Green | Jutta Splettstoesser | 1,398 | 2.40 | -0.33 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,245 | 100.00 | $214,719.74 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 232 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Turnout | 58,477 | 72.77 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,355 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -16.61 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ben Lobb | 29,255 | 54.95 | +10.1 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Grant Robertson | 13,493 | 25.34 | +10.3 | – | |||
| Liberal | Charlie Bagnato | 8,784 | 16.50 | -16.5 | – | |||
| Green | Eric Shelley | 1,455 | 2.73 | -2.6 | – | |||
| Independent | Dennis Valenta | 254 | 0.48 | 0.0 | – | |||
| Total valid votes | 53,241 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 247 | 0.5 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 53,488 | 68.8 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,743 | – | – | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ben Lobb | 22,202 | 44.8 | +6.8 | $59,966 | |||
| Liberal | Greg McClinchey | 16,346 | 33.0 | -5.0 | $74,928 | |||
| New Democratic | Tony McQuail | 7,426 | 15.0 | -1.3 | $37,499 | |||
| Green | Glen Smith | 2,617 | 5.3 | +1.9 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Dave Joslin | 747 | 1.5 | -0.4 | $5,359 | |||
| Independent | Dennis Valenta | 242 | 0.5 | 0.0 | $3,622 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,580 | 100.0 | $83,704 | |||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Steckle | 21,260 | 39.8 | -10.0 | ||||
| Conservative | Ben Lobb | 20,289 | 38.0 | +6.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | Grant Robertson | 8,696 | 16.3 | 3.2 | ||||
| Green | Victoria Serda | 1,829 | 3.4 | +0.4 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Dave Joslin | 1,019 | 1.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| Independent | Dennis Valenta | 270 | 0.5 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 53,363 | 100.0 | ||||||
References
- ^ a b "Huron - Bruce - Canada Votes". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ nurun.com. "Huron-Bruce Conservative MP Ben Lobb re-elected". Owen Sound Sun Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Ben Lobb". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Complete File - LOBB, Ben, B.Sc. Admin". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Huron-Bruce - MP Ben Lobb Backs Tory Leadership Hopeful Leitch - 104.9 The Beach". 1049thebeach.ca. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Grenier, Éric (16 November 2017). "What MPs' endorsements say about the Conservative leadership race". CBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Peter (16 November 2016). "MP Ben Lobb Predicted Trump Would Win". Bayshore Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Elections Canada On-line - Élection Canada en-ligne". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
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