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 | Samantha Flynn |
| Alma mater | Lee University |
Benjamin T. Lobb MP (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, located in Cleveland, Tennessee where he earned his B.Sc. in business administration.[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]
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[3][4] | ||||||||
| 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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