Yvonne Clarke
Yvonne Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Porter Creek Centre | |
| Assumed office April 12, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Paolo Gallina |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Yukon Party |
| Residence(s) | Whitehorse, Yukon |
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.
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 | ||||||||
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| 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.
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