Ben Lobb
Ben Lobb | |
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| Member of Parliament for Huron—Bruce | |
| Assumed office October 14, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Steckle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 10, 1976 Huron County, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Lee University |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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.
At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in Point Clark, Ontario.[12]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election: Huron—Bruce | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ben Lobb | 37,027 | 53.2 | +2.20 | ||||
| Liberal | James Rice | 28,936 | 41.5 | +15.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Melanie Burrett | 2,300 | 3.3 | –11.44 | ||||
| Green | Gregory J McLean | 927 | 1.3 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Justin L Smith | 273 | 0.4 | –0.46 | ||||
| Independent | Caesar salad Pella | 194 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,657 | 99.5 | +0.1 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 352 | 0.5 | -0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 70,009 | 76.1 | +6.1 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,013 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –6.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Huron—Bruce | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ben Lobb | 31,170 | 50.9 | +2.4 | $83,925.78 | |||
| Liberal | James Rice | 16,015 | 26.2 | -6.9 | $96,832.95 | |||
| New Democratic | Jan Johnstone | 9,056 | 14.8 | +2.6 | $23,930.53 | |||
| People's | Jack Stecho | 4,437 | 7.3 | +5.5 | $509.89 | |||
| Independent | Justin L. Smith | 519 | 0.8 | N/A | $2,279.23 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,197 | 99.4 | – | $116,852.78 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 357 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 61,554 | 70.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 87,978 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Huron—Bruce | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ben Lobb | 29,512 | 48.5 | +3.56 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Allan Thompson | 20,167 | 33.1 | -6.61 | $82,810.20 | |||
| New Democratic | Tony McQuail | 7,421 | 12.2 | -0.75 | $25,745.80 | |||
| Green | Nicholas Wendler | 2,665 | 4.4 | +2.00 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Kevin M. Klerks | 1,102 | 1.8 | $2,074.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,867 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 398 | |||||||
| Turnout | 61,265 | 71.1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,147 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.09 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[16][17] | ||||||||
| 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[18][19] | ||||||||
| 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 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.9 | ||||||
| 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
[edit]- ↑ "Huron - Bruce - Canada Votes". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ↑ "About our MP". Huron Bruce. Archived from the original on 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ↑ "About our MP". Huron Bruce. Archived from the original on 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ↑ Nerenberg, Karl (2021-02-25). "Liberals rhetorically support NDP pharmacare bill, then vote against it". rabble.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "NDP and Conservatives could find common ground to battle food inflation". The Hill Times. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ↑ "C-234 (44-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada". www.parl.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ↑ "Ben Lobb - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ Didi, Fadi. "Minor Baseball Camps Returning To Clinton, Kincardine". Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ↑ "Clinton Minor Baseball Camp". clinton-bb-camp. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ↑ "Kincardine Minor Baseball Camp". kincardine-bb-camp. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ↑ "forty-fifth general election 2025".
- ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ↑ "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.
