Yvonne Clarke
Yvonne Clarke | |
|---|---|
| 31st Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office December 8, 2025[1] | |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Harper |
| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Whistle Bend North | |
| Assumed office November 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Riding created |
| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Porter Creek Centre | |
| In office April 12, 2021 – October 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Paolo Gallina |
| Succeeded by | Ted Laking |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Yukon Party |
| Residence(s) | Whitehorse, Yukon |
Yvonne Clarke is a Canadian politician who represents Whistle Bend North, and formerly Porter Creek Centre, on the Yukon Legislative Assembly from the Yukon Party since the 2021 general election. Clarke serves as Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 2025. She is the first Filipino Canadian Speaker in Canadian parliamentary history.[2]
In the 35th Legislature of Yukon, Clarke served as the Official Opposition critic for the Yukon Housing Corporation, Housing and Lot Development, the Public Service Commission, the Women and Gender Equity Directorate, and the French Language Services Directorate.
Prior to her election to the legislature, she was a businessperson and community volunteer in the Whitehorse area, including serving as president of the Canadian-Filipino Society of the Yukon and chair of the Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues.[3][4]
Life
Clarke is a Filipino Canadian and has lived in Whitehorse since 1995.[5]
Electoral record
| 2025 Yukon general election: Whistle Bend North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Yvonne Clarke | 457 | 52.65 | +4.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tiara Topps | 304 | 35.02 | +19.98 | ||||
| Liberal | Beverly Cooper | 107 | 12.33 | –24.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 868 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 59.86 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,450 | |||||||
| Yukon Party notional hold | Swing | –7.73 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2021 Yukon general election: Porter Creek Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Yvonne Clarke | 704 | 41.87 | +5.5% | ||||
| Liberal | Paolo Gallina | 643 | 38.25 | -4.9% | ||||
| New Democratic | Shonagh McCrindle | 334 | 19.86 | -0.6% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,681 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Yukon Party gain | Swing | +1.81 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
References
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-mlas-sworn-in-cabinet-9.6988421
- ^ https://www.yukonparty.ca/premier_designate_to_nominate_speaker_of_the_legislative_assembly
- ^ "Yukon Party has potential candidate in Porter Creek Centre". Whitehorse Daily Star. February 4, 2021.
- ^ Silvestre, Irish Mae (April 23, 2021). "Yvonne Clarke: Yukon's First Filipino Canadian MLA". The Philippine Reporter. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Filipinos in Yukon 'hunker down,' and skip the annual trip to visit relatives". Yahoo! News. January 23, 2021.