Yvonne Clarke is a Canadian politician who represents Porter Creek Centre on the Yukon Legislative Assembly from the Yukon Party since the 2021 general election.
As of September 29, 2024, Clarke serves 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.[1][2]
Life
Clarke is a Filipino Canadian and has lived in Whitehorse since 1995.[3]
Electoral record
| 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 | ||||||
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References
- ^ "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 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Filipinos in Yukon 'hunker down,' and skip the annual trip to visit relatives". Yahoo! News. January 23, 2021.