Jared Clarke
Canadian politician from Saskatchewan
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Jared Clarke is a Canadian politician from the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2023 Regina Walsh Acres provincial by-election.[2]
Jared Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Regina Walsh Acres | |
| Assumed office August 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Derek Meyers |
| Deputy Caucus Chair of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office November 13, 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment | |
| Assumed office November 13, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Erika Ritchie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Saskatchewan New Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Teacher |
As of June 22, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Environment and for Rural and Remote Health.
Career
Before entering politics, Clarke worked as a teacher.[3] He was the Saskatchewan NDP candidate for the riding of Indian Head-Milestone in the 2020 Saskatchewan provincial election, where he placed second. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2023 Regina Walsh Acres provincial by-election; and subsequently re-elected in the 2024 provincial election.
Electoral record
| 2024 Saskatchewan general election: Regina Walsh Acres | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jared Clarke | 4,700 | 56.99 | +2.33 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Liaqat Ali | 3,073 | 37.26 | –2.46 | ||||
| Saskatchewan United | Bonnie Farrell | 352 | 4.27 | – | ||||
| Green | Dianna Holigroski | 122 | 1.48 | +0.62 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,247 | 99.42 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 48 | 0.58 | +0.47 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,295 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 10 August 2023: Regina Walsh Acres Death of Derek Meyers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jared Clarke | 2,535 | 54.66 | +17.01 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Nevin Markwart | 1,842 | 39.72 | -6.90 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rose Buscholl | 221 | 4.76 | +0.84 | ||||
| Green | Joseph Reynolds | 40 | 0.86 | –0.89 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,638 | 99.89 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 5 | 0.11 | -0.68 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,643 | 39.42 | -17.07 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,777 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Saskatchewan | Swing | +11.96 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan[4] | ||||||||
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election: Indian Head-Milestone | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Don McMorris | 5,626 | 67.02 | -0.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jared Clarke | 2,371 | 28.24 | +3.92 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Elvin Mandziak | 251 | 2.99 | +0.03 | ||||
| Green | Billy Patterson | 147 | 1.75 | -0.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,395 | 99.55 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 38 | 0.45 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 8,433 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
