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Nils Clarke
Riverdale North
Minister of Highways and Public Works and Minister of the Environment. Proud to serve the Riverdale North riding.
Nils Clarke was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the general election in 2016. He was elected the 25th Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on January 12, 2017. Nils Clarke was re-elected on April 12, 2021 and was subsequently appointed as Minister of Highways and Public Works and Minister of Environment.
Nils has lived in Whitehorse with his wife Janet for 29 years and their two now adult sons, Max and Angus, who were born in the Yukon.
Prior to his election as the MLA for Riverdale North, Nils practiced law in the Territory for more than 24 years. For the majority of his practice, he worked for the Yukon Legal Services Society (Legal Aid) and he was the organization’s Executive Director for 16 of those years.
Over the course of his career, Nils has had the honour of representing thousands of clients in various areas of law in all Yukon communities at all levels of Yukon Courts as well as at the Supreme Court of Canada.
In his spare time, Nils tries to keep active through recreational soccer, downhill and cross-country skiing, tennis, hiking and canoeing. Nils has had a dream since childhood that the Toronto Maple Leafs might one day hoist Lord Stanley’s Mug again, but he is also a pragmatic realist.
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Nils Clarke was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the general election in 2016. He was elected the 25th Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on January 12, 2017. Nils Clarke was re-elected on April 12, 2021 and was subsequently appointed as Minister of Highways and Public Works and Minister of Environment.
Nils has lived in Whitehorse with his wife Janet for 29 years and their two now adult sons, Max and Angus, who were born in the Yukon.
Prior to his election as the MLA for Riverdale North, Nils practiced law in the Territory for more than 24 years. For the majority of his practice, he worked for the Yukon Legal Services Society (Legal Aid) and he was the organization’s Executive Director for 16 of those years.
Over the course of his career, Nils has had the honour of representing thousands of clients in various areas of law in all Yukon communities at all levels of Yukon Courts as well as at the Supreme Court of Canada.
In his spare time, Nils tries to keep active through recreational soccer, downhill and cross-country skiing, tennis, hiking and canoeing. Nils has had a dream since childhood that the Toronto Maple Leafs might one day hoist Lord Stanley’s Mug again, but he is also a pragmatic realist.