Nils Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly | |
| In office January 12, 2017 – May 11, 2021 | |
| Premier | Sandy Silver |
| Preceded by | Patti McLeod |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Harper |
| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Riverdale North | |
| Assumed office November 7, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Kent |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Yukon Liberal Party |
Nils Clarke is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Riverdale North as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party.
Clarke was a lawyer in the Yukon for 24 years, eventually becoming executive director of the Yukon Legal Services Society (Legal Aid). He holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto and an LL.B. from the University of British Columbia. Clarke was admitted to both the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Law Society of Yukon in 1992.[2]
He was elected on November 7, 2016 as part of the election of the Yukon Liberal Party to a majority government. On January 12, 2017, he was sworn in as the 12th Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. As Speaker, he is also Chair of the Members’ Services Board.[3]
On May 3, 2021, Clarke was named the Minister of Highways and Public Works and the Minister of Environment of Yukon.
| 2021 Yukon general election: Riverdale North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Nils Clarke | 469 | 41.72 | -1.8% | ||||
| New Democratic | Vanessa Thorson | 375 | 33.36 | +3.2% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Cory Adams | 280 | 24.91 | +1.8% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,124 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -8.405 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Nils Clarke | 486 | 43.5% | +14.2% | |
| New Democratic | Rod Snow | 337 | 30.2% | +0.2% | |
| Yukon Party | Mark Beese | 258 | 23.1% | -14.0% | |
| Green | Kristina Calhoun | 36 | 3.2% | -0.3% | |
| Total | 1117 | 100.0% | – | ||