Nils Clarke Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Nils Clarke
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Office1:Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:January 12, 2017
Term End1:May 11, 2021
Premier1:Sandy Silver
Predecessor1:Patti McLeod
Successor1:Jeremy Harper
Assembly2:Yukon Legislative
Constituency Am2:Riverdale North
Term Start2:November 7, 2016
Predecessor2:Scott Kent
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.

Electoral record

2016 general election

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.yukon-news.com/news/golden-night-for-silver/ "Golden night for Silver"
  2. http://www.ylp.ca/nils_clarke_rn/ "Nils Clarke, Liberal candidate"
  3. http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/members/clarke.html Nils Clarke