Clifford Small
Clifford Small | |
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| Member of Parliament for Central Newfoundland Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (2021–2025) | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Simms |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Wild Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | College of the North Atlantic |
| Profession | Businessman |
Clifford Small MP (Born: 1970) is a Canadian politician who is the Member of Parliament for Central Newfoundland, having defeated Liberal incumbent Scott Simms by a close margin of 264 votes in the 2021 general election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the first Conservative MP from Newfoundland and Labrador since Peter Penashue resigned in 2013. In Newfoundland alone, he is the first Conservative MP elected since Fabian Manning in 2006. He was appointed Shadow Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency by Erin O'Toole on November 9, 2021. He endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. In October 2022, Poilievre appointed him as Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Shadow Minister and he remains shadow minister in 2025. He was re-elected in 2025.