Ben Lobb
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| Member of Parliament for Huron—Bruce | |
| Assumed office October 14, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Steckle |
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| Party | Conservative |
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Benjamin Thomas Lobb MP (born September 10, 1976) is a Canadian politician, who has represented the federal riding of Huron-Bruce in the House of Commons since 2008. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Early life
Ben was born and raised in Clinton, Ontario. He attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee where he earned his B.Sc. in business administration.[1]
Prior to being elected, Lobb worked in the Finance Department for D2L and also at Wescast Industries in Wingham, Ontario.[2]
Political career
Lobb was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 2008 and has subsequently been re-elected in 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2025. Since first being elected, Lobb has served on a number of committees, including as Chair of the Standing Committee on Health.[3] Lobb was named the Shadow Minister for Digital Government on October 13, 2022 by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
In February 2021, Lobb was the sole Conservative MP to vote in favour of an NDP-proposed motion to take a first step towards developing a national pharmacare system. The bill, proposed by Peter Julian, would have established the conditions for federal financial contributions to provincial drug insurance plans.[4]
In the 44th Parliament, Lobb introduced Private Member's Bill, C-234 also known as An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.[5] Lobb's Bill sought to remove the carbon tax off propane and natural gas for agriculture functions such as heating livestock barns and drying grains.[6] The Bill progressed to the Senate and was returned to the House of Commons with amendments, but died with the prorogation of Parliament.[7] Lobb also jointly-seconded Bill C-350, An Act to amend the State Immunity Act, the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.[8]
Each summer, Lobb runs a minor baseball camp for youth in his riding to foster their skills development in the sport.[9] The two-day camps in Clinton[10] and Kincardine[11] regularly have a headlining instructor who previously played in the MLB.
Electoral record
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| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | 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[12][13] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | 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 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | 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 | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.9 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | ||||
| 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
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Huron - Bruce - Canada Votes". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About our MP". Huron Bruce. Archived from the original on 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About our MP". Huron Bruce. Archived from the original on 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nerenberg, Karl (2021-02-25). "Liberals rhetorically support NDP pharmacare bill, then vote against it". rabble.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Private Member's Bill C-234 (44-1) - Second Reading - An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act - Parliament of Canada". www.parl.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NDP and Conservatives could find common ground to battle food inflation". The Hill Times. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."C-234 (44-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada". www.parl.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ben Lobb - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Didi, Fadi. "Minor Baseball Camps Returning To Clinton, Kincardine". Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Clinton Minor Baseball Camp". clinton-bb-camp. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kincardine Minor Baseball Camp". kincardine-bb-camp. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Elections Canada On-line - Élection Canada en-ligne". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
External links
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