Brad Clark

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

|honorific-suffix =ECO

| name = Brad Clark

| image =

| caption =

| office1 = Hamilton City Councillor

| term_start1 = 2018

| predecessor1 = Doug Conley

| constituency1 = Ward Nine (Upper Stoney Creek){{cite web |title=Ward 9 |publisher=City of Hamilton |date=May 16, 2022 |url=https://www.hamilton.ca/council-committee/mayor-council/ward-9 |access-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-date=June 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619050245/https://www.hamilton.ca/council-committee/mayor-council/ward-9 |url-status=dead }}

| office2 = Hamilton City Councillor

| term_start2 = 2006

| term_end2 = 2014

| predecessor2 = Phil Bruckler

| successor2 = Doug Conley

| constituency2 = Ward Nine (Heritage Stoney Creek)

| office3 = Member of Provincial Parliament of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

| term_start3 = 1999

| term_end3 = 2003

| predecessor3 = New riding

| successor3 = Jennifer Mossop

| constituency3 = Stoney Creek

| party = Progressive Conservative

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

| residence = Hamilton

| occupation = Radio broadcaster, musician

}}

Brad Clark (born 1960) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. Clark served as the Ward 9 Hamilton City Councillor from December 2006 to December 2014 and again from December 2018 onward. Prior to this, he was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.

Background

Clark was educated at Mohawk College in Hamilton, receiving a diploma in radio broadcasting. He owned and operated a small business after his graduation, and also served as executive director of the Songwriters Association of Canada. In June 2004, Clark began co-hosting a weekly program on aging on CHML radio.

Politics

In the provincial election of 1999, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the suburban Hamilton riding of Stoney Creek. He defeated Liberal candidate Chris Phillips by about 2,500 votes.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Stoney+Creek&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213132316/https://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Stoney+Creek&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 }} On February 8, 2001, he was appointed as the province's Minister of Transportation.{{cite news |title=Flaherty to be new Ontario finance chief |newspaper=Sudbury Star |date=February 8, 2001 |page=A5}} When Ernie Eves succeeded Mike Harris as Premier on April 15, 2002, he named Clark as his Minister of Labour.{{cite news |title=Ont-Cabinet |publisher=Canadian Press NewsWire |location=Toronto, Ont |date=April 15, 2002}}

Clark was initially favoured for re-election in the provincial election of 2003 against Liberal candidate Tony Magnini. Magnini was forced to resign in mid-campaign amid allegations of fraud, however, and the Liberals were able to convince Jennifer Mossop, a popular local journalist, to take his place. She defeated Clark by over 5,000 votes.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=Stoney+Creek&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140803112407/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=Stoney+Creek&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003 }}{{cite news |title=Mossop a winner in her first try; Liberal candidate charges in at last minute and knocks off Tory cabinet minister |last=Nolan |first=Dan |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |date=October 3, 2003 |page=A6}} In 2004, he endorsed Frank Klees's bid to lead the Ontario Progressive Conservatives.

On November 13, 2006, Clark beat out incumbent city councillor Phil Bruckler by a narrow margin for a seat on the Hamilton City Council to represent Ward 9, which includes the mountain and heritage areas of Stoney Creek. In the federal election of 2011 Clark ran against and was defeated by NDP incumbent Wayne Marston in the riding of Hamilton East—Stoney Creek.{{cite news |title=Riding results from across Canada |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |date=May 3, 2011 |page=A6}} He did not step down from council when running for this political position.{{cite news |last=Nolan |first=Daniel |title=Clark will give up pay during election campaign |url=http://www.thespec.com/news/elections/article/508590 |accessdate=28 September 2012 |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |date=March 29, 2011 |archive-date=14 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514024635/http://www.thespec.com/news/elections/article/508590 |url-status=live }}

In the Hamilton Municipal Election of 2014, Clark ran for the mayoralty of the city. He placed second, being defeated by former Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger. This ended his term as a city councillor when the new council was sworn in late in December 2014.{{cite news |title=Fred Eisenberger wins Hamilton's mayoral election; council adds 5 new faces |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/fred-eisenberger-wins-hamilton-s-mayoral-election-council-adds-5-new-faces-1.2814819 |publisher=CBC.ca |date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=April 13, 2015 |archive-date=January 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129173301/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/fred-eisenberger-wins-hamilton-s-mayoral-election-council-adds-5-new-faces-1.2814819 |url-status=live }}

Clark was returned to the office of Ward 9 city councillor in 2018 and re-elected in 2022.