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 Yvonne Clarke
-Yvonne Clarke was elected in 2025 as a Yukon Party MLA representing the new riding of Whistle Bend North. Premier Curry Dixon announced his intention of nominating Clarke as Speaker of the House. She will be the first Filipino Speaker in Canadian parliamentary history.((Dana Hatherly, "Following his uncle's path, second Kaska member elected in Yukon legislature history." //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 21 November 2025.))
+Yvonne Clarke is well recognized for her leadership with the Canadian-Filipino Society of the Yukon, serving many years as president. She has experience in the public service and as a small business owner. She served over twelve years as a board member of the Yukon Learn Society and was a board member of the Yukon Public Legal Education Association, co-authoring the third edition of “Splitting Up,” a resource for women involved in family breakdowns.
+Clarke also served as the Chair of the Yukon Advisory Council on Women’s Issues and sat as a Yukon representative on the RCMP Commissioner’s Diversity Advisory Committee. Yvonne Clarke was elected in 2021 for the Yukon Party representing the riding of Porter Creek Centre. She served as the critic for the Yukon Housing Corporation - Market Housing, Housing and Lot Development - Whitehorse, Women and Gender Equity Directorate, and French Language Services Directorate.(("Yvonne Clarke." Yukon Party, 2025 website: https://www.yukonparty.ca/yvonne_clarke))
+Clarke was elected again in 2025, this time as a Yukon Party MLA representing the new riding of Whistle Bend North. Premier Curry Dixon announced his intention of nominating Clarke as Speaker of the House. She will be the first Filipino Speaker in Canadian parliamentary history.((Dana Hatherly, "Following his uncle's path, second Kaska member elected in Yukon legislature history." //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 21 November 2025.))