Steve Clark (politician)

Steve Clark (born November 7, 1960) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He represents the riding of Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes and has served as an MPP since 2010. On September 10, 2015 he was named co-deputy leader with Sylvia Jones.

The Honourable

Steve Clark

MPP
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Assumed office
June 29, 2018
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byBill Mauro
Peter Milczyn
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Leeds—Grenville (2010-2018)
Assumed office
March 4, 2010
Preceded byBob Runciman
Mayor of Brockville
In office
1982–1991
Personal details
Born (1960-11-07) November 7, 1960
Brockville, Ontario
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceBrockville, Ontario

Background

Clark was born in Brockville, Ontario on November 7, 1960.[1] He lives in Brockville with his wife Deanna and their five children.[2]

Politics

Clark served as mayor of Brockville from 1982 to 1991.[3] First elected at age 22, he was the youngest mayor in Canada at the time.[4] He later worked as an advertising salesman for the Brockville Recorder and Times, as an administrative assistant to Bob Runciman, and as the chief administrative officer of the township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands.[5]

He was elected in a by-election on March 4, 2010 held to replace Bob Runciman who resigned to accept a position in the Canadian Senate.[3] He was easily re-elected in 2011 and in 2014 both with large pluralities.[6][7]

In September 2018 as Municipal Affairs Minister, he introduced controversial legislation intended to slash the size of Toronto city council. When this legislation was ruled unconstitutional, he supported the unprecedented step of invoking the notwithstanding clause to nullify the offended sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[8] Clark was additionally a source for derision when the example he gave of the problems in Toronto city council and the need for Bill 5/31 was that city council spent 15 hours debating the city's budget, failing to mention that it was an 11 billion dollar budget.

Electoral record
2018 Ontario general election: Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeSteve Clark30,00261.27+5.20
New DemocraticMichelle Taylor9,68819.78+2.67
LiberalDavid Henderson6,54313.36-7.13
GreenDerek Morley2,3474.79-0.10
LibertarianBill Buckley3890.79
Total valid votes 48,969100.00
Turnout 61.9
Eligible voters 79,115
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[9]
2014 Ontario general election: Leeds—Grenville
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeSteve Clark23,25356.07−7.53
LiberalChristine Milks8,49920.49+3.06
New DemocraticDavid Lundy7,21917.41+2.18
GreenStephen Bowering2,0304.89+1.44
LibertarianHarold Gabriel4711.14–
Total valid votes 41,472 100.0   +8.43
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −5.30
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 042 Leeds-Grenville" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
2011 Ontario general election: Leeds—Grenville
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Progressive ConservativeSteve Clark24,31463.60−3.08$ 52,598.00
LiberalRay Heffernan6,66317.43−2.6517,512.99
New DemocraticDavid Lundy5,82215.23+10.1213,274.26
GreenCharlie Taylor1,3193.45−4.223,731.20
SocialistLance Fulsom1110.29 0.00
Total valid votes / Expense limit 38,229 100.0  +37.72 $ 90,198.43
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 155 0.40 +0.09
Turnout 38,384 50.64 +14.03
Eligible voters 75,797   −0.34
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −0.22
Source(s)
"Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Leeds—Grenville" (PDF).
"2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved June 8, 2014.
Ontario provincial by-election, March 4, 2010: Leeds—Grenville
Resignation of Bob Runciman
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Progressive ConservativeSteve Clark18,51066.68+10.44$ 27,511.00
LiberalStephen Mazurek5,57320.08−8.5965,190.41
GreenNeil Kudrinko2,1307.67+0.4914,799.66
New DemocraticSteve Armstrong1,4175.10−1.8717,118.89
LibertarianAnthony Giles1290.46 297.56
Total valid votes 27,759 100.0   −39.61
Total rejected ballots 87 0.31 −0.07
Turnout 27,846 36.61 −24.57
Eligible voters 76,053   +5.35
Source(s)
"Leeds—Grenville By-Election – March 4, 2010". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
"2010 By-Election Returns – Ottawa West-Nepean – Candidate (CR-1) & Association (CR-3) Returns".
"Ontario's Runciman among 5 new senators". Toronto Star. January 29, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2014.

Cabinet posts
Ontario Provincial Government of Doug Ford
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor Office Successor
Bill Mauro
(Municipal Affairs)
Peter Milczyn (Housing)		 Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
June 29, 2018–present		 Incumbent

References
  1. Rafter, Jack (November 16, 1991). "Kid councillor becomes kid Reeve". The Kingston Whig - Standard. p. 1.
  2. Gardiner, Nick (March 2, 2010). "Boy-wonder mayor back to his roots". Brockville Recorder and Times.
  3. "McGuinty Liberals win narrow victory in Ottawa by-election". The Globe and Mail. March 4, 2010.
  4. "Former politician scores upset win in Hamilton vote". The Globe and Mail, November 9, 1982.
  5. "Steven Clark named new CAO of TLTI". Gananoque Reporter. July 14, 2009.
  6. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  7. "General Election by District: Leeds—Grenville". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
  8. "Municipal Affairs and Housing minister must stand up for charter | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  9. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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