Ben Lobb | |
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| Member of Parliament forHuron—Bruce | |
| Assumed office October 14, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Steckle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1976-09-11)September 11, 1976 (age 49) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Point Clark, Ontario[1] |
| Alma mater | Lee University |
Benjamin Thomas LobbMP (born September 10, 1976) is aCanadian politician, who has represented the federal riding ofHuron-Bruce in the House of Commons since 2008. He is a member of theConservative Party of Canada.
Ben was born and raised in Clinton, Ontario. He attendedLee University inCleveland, Tennessee where he earned his B.Sc. in business administration.[2]
Prior to being elected, Lobb worked in the Finance Department forD2L and also at Wescast Industries inWingham, Ontario.[3]
Lobb was first elected to the CanadianHouse 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 theStanding Committee on Health.[4] Lobb was named the Shadow Minister for Digital Government on October 13, 2022 by Conservative LeaderPierre Poilievre.
In February 2021, Lobb was the soleConservativeMP to vote in favour of anNDP-proposed motion to take a first step towards developing a national pharmacare system. The bill, proposed byPeter Julian, would have established the conditions for federal financial contributions to provincial drug insurance plans.[5]
In the 44th Parliament, Lobb introduced Private Member's Bill, C-234 also known asAn Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.[6] 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.[7] The Bill progressed to the Senate and was returned to the House of Commons with amendments, but died with the prorogation of Parliament.[8] 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.[9]
Each summer, Lobb runs a minor baseball camp for youth in his riding to foster their skills development in the sport.[10] The two-day camps in Clinton[11] and Kincardine[12] regularly have a headlining instructor who previously played in theMLB.
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Huron—Bruce | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ben Lobb | 37,033 | 53.13 | +2.20 | ||||
| Liberal | James Rice | 28,936 | 41.51 | +15.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Melanie Burrett | 2,341 | 3.36 | –11.44 | ||||
| Green | Gregory J McLean | 927 | 1.33 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Justin L Smith | 273 | 0.39 | –0.46 | ||||
| Independent | Caesar salad Pella | 194 | 0.28 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 69,704 | 75.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 92,013 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | – | – | |||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | 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 | ||||||
