What is Nils Clarke?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = | honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Nils Clarke | honorific-suffix = [[Yukon Legislative Assembly|MLA]] | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | residence = | office1 = [[Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly]] | term_start1 = 12 January 2017 | term_end1 = | premier1 = [[Sandy Silver]] | predecessor1 = [[Patti McLeod]] | successor1 = | assembly2 = Yukon Legislative | constituency_AM2 = [[Riverdale North]] | term_start2 = 7 November 2016 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = [[Scott Kent]] | successor2 = | party = [[Yukon Liberal Party]] | religion = | occupation = }} '''Nils Clarke''' is a [[Canadian]] [[lawyer]] and [[politician]]. He is a member of the [[Yukon Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[electoral district]] of [[Riverdale North]]. He is also the current [[speaker (politics)|Speaker of the Legislative Assembly]]. Clarke was elected for the first time in the [[2016 Yukon general election|2016 general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yukon-news.com/news/golden-night-for-silver/|title=Golden night for Silver|date=7 November 2016|last=Windeyer|first=Chris|website=Yukon News|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Yukon Liberal Party]]. Clarke was a lawyer working in the Yukon for 24 years. He became the [[executive director]] of the Yukon Legal Services Society. In the 2016 general election, he was one of the 11 Liberal MLAs that were elected. They formed a [[majority government]]. On 12 January 2017, he was elected the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ylp.ca/nils_clarke_rn|title=Meet Nils|website=Yukon Liberals|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Nils}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Canadian politicians]] [[Category:Yukon]] {{canada-stub}}