18 Facts About Cecil Clarke

Cecil Phillip Clarke was born on April 12,1968 and is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Cecil Clarke has been the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality since 2024, and previously served as mayor from 2012 to 2020.

Cecil Clarke represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, from 2001 to 2011 as a Progressive Conservative.

Cecil Clarke finished third behind New Democrat Peter Mancini, and Liberal Vince MacLean.

Cecil Clarke turned to provincial politics and was elected in a March 2001 byelection.

Cecil Clarke was re-elected in the 2003,2006 and 2009 general elections.

Cecil Clarke served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Energy, Attorney General and Minister of Justice as well as Provincial Secretary.

Cecil Clarke was Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia from June 2006 to October 2007.

On March 25,2011, Cecil Clarke resigned his seat in the Nova Scotia legislature so he could run for the Conservatives in the 2011 federal election.

On May 2,2011, Cecil Clarke was defeated in his bid for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada by Liberal incumbent Mark Eyking.

On September 6,2012, Cecil Clarke announced that he was entering the race for mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in the 2012 Nova Scotia municipal elections.

Cecil Clarke was criticized in early 2018 for a trip to China with 3 CBRM Staff on port development business at an estimated cost of $30,000, including business-class tickets.

In 2018, Cecil Clarke came out as gay, revealing that someone had threatened to out him.

On February 3,2018, Cecil Clarke announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

Cecil Clarke lost to Tim Houston on October 27,2018.

Cecil Clarke was defeated when he ran for re-election in the 2020 municipal election.

Cecil Clarke was re-elected as mayor of CBRM on October 19,2024.

Cecil Clarke ran on a platform of getting back to basics, providing value for rate payers, making CBRM safe and accessible.