SHIRLEY CLARKE

Born and raised in Toronto, Shirley graduated from the University of Toronto in 1976 with a degree in Political Science. She was elected President of the University’s Student Council for 1976/77 - only the second woman in its history to do so - and was elected to the Governing Council of University of Toronto. Shirley also served on Toronto’s Task Force on the Status of Women.

Shirley has extensive experience in real estate - having personally bought, sold and managed over 100 properties from 1984 to 1996. For three years, she also owned and operated Grosvenor Property Management.

Shirley has been married to her husband John since 1974 and has three children, Laura, Jordan, and Brooke.

Shirley and her family moved to North Vancouver in 1988 where she continued real estate investing with her husband, John. From 1988 to 1992, Shirley was also a partner in Vacances Provencales, a European home rental business specializing in villas in Provence, France and Italy.