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{{Short description|Canadian politician and police officer}}
{{other people|Robert Clarke}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = 
| name             = Robert G. Clarke
| honorific-suffix = 
| image            = 
| imagesize        = 
| riding           = [[Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| term_start       = March 17, 2008
| term_end         = August 4, 2015
| predecessor      = [[Gary Merasty]]
| successor        = [[Georgina Jolibois]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1967|3|2}}
| birth_place      = [[Kitimat, British Columbia|Kitimat]], [[British Columbia]]
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| party            = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
| residence        = [[District of Lakeland No. 521|Lakeland District, Saskatchewan]]
| profession       = [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] 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 [[2008 Canadian federal by-elections|March 17, 2008 federal by-election]] in which he defeated [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate [[Joan Beatty]].

A member of the Muskeg Lake [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]], he grew up in [[Gibsons]], [[Slocan, British Columbia|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 [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|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.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Aboriginal MP's bill to change the Indian Act passed into law {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rob-clarke-s-controversial-bill-to-change-the-indian-act-passed-into-law-1.2881801|access-date=2021-03-17}}</ref>

In the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 Canadian Election]], Clarke finished third and was defeated by [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] candidate [[Georgina Jolibois]] by 1,190 votes.

== Electoral record ==
{{2015 Canadian federal election/Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River}}
{{2011 Canadian federal election/Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River}}
{{2008 Canadian federal election/Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River}}
{{CanElec4-by|[[2008 Canadian federal by-elections|March 17, 2008]]: [[Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River]]}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|'''Rob Clarke'''|4,996|47.75%|+6.66%}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Joan Beatty]]|3,287|31.42%|-9.95%}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Brian Morin|1,839|17.58%|+2.21%}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green |Robin Orr |340 |3.25% |+1.09%}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.robclarkemp.ca/ Official website]
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=17196}}

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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:First Nations politicians]]
[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers]]
[[Category:People from Kitimat]]
[[Category:Indigenous Members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:Cree people]]

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