Jim Clarko

{{Short description|Australian politician (1932–2020)}}

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| name = Jim Clarko

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| office1 = Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

| term_start1 = 17 June 1993

| term_end1 = 14 December 1996

| predecessor1 = Mike Barnett

| successor1 = George Strickland

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| constituency_AM2 = Marmion

| assembly2 = Western Australian Legislative

| term_start2 = 4 February 1989

| term_end2 = 14 December 1996

| predecessor2 = Constituency created

| successor2 = Constituency abolished

| constituency_AM3 = Karrinyup

| assembly3 = Western Australian Legislative

| term_start3 = 30 March 1974

| term_end3 = 4 February 1989

| predecessor3 = Stan Lapham

| successor3 = Constituency abolished

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| birth_date = 21 July 1932

| birth_place = Cottesloe, Western Australia

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| death_place = Trigg, Western Australia

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| party = Liberal

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| alma_mater = University of Western Australia

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James George Clarko {{postnom|country=AUS|AM}} (21 July 1932 – 7 April 2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/western-suburbs-weekly/tributes-flow-after-death-of-long-serving-wa-politician-c-966501|title=Tributes for former WA politician|date=2020-04-09|website=Community News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}} was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1996, representing the electorates of Karrinyup (1974–1989) and Marmion (1989–1996).

He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 1996, and also served a stint as state Minister for Education in the early 1980s.{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/web/webpages.nsf/WebFiles/Education+-+11+Ministers+and+Parliamentary+Secretaries/$FILE/AP11+Ministers+and+Parliamentary+Secretaries.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 January 2011 |archive-date=13 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313004640/http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/web/webpages.nsf/WebFiles/Education+-+11+Ministers+and+Parliamentary+Secretaries/$FILE/AP11+Ministers+and+Parliamentary+Secretaries.pdf |url-status=dead }}

He received the Member of the Order of Australia award in June 2006 "for service to the Western Australian Parliament serving in various parliamentary positions, including Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and to the community of the City of Stirling."{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132868|title=It's an Honour – James George Clarko|website=itsanhonour.gov.au|accessdate=30 September 2018}}