Ben Lobb

Benjamin T. Lobb MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Huron—Bruce
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Paul Steckle
Chair of the Standing Committee on Health
In office November 18, 2013 – August 2, 2015
Minister	Rona Ambrose
Preceded by	Joy Smith
Personal details
Born	(1976-09-10) September 10, 1976 Huron, Ontario
Political party	Conservative

Benjamin T. Lobb (born September 10, 1976) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Huron—Bruce in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He was re-elected in the 2011 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party.

Mr. Lobb is the Conservative Party candidate for the riding of Huron—Bruce in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

On October 16, 2013, he became Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health and a member of Veterans Affairs Standing Committee. Ben is the former chair of the Government Auto Caucus, a member of the Rural, Mining, Housing and Nuclear Caucus. He has also been a member of the standing committee on Human Resources, Skills, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Public Safety and National Security and Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
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

Canadian federal election, 2011
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	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
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

Canadian federal election, 2006
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

External links

• Ben Lobb
• Ben Lobb – Parliament of Canada biography