Yvonne Clarke

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.

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.

Life Clarke is a Filipino Canadian and has lived in Whitehorse since 1995.

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