Young Liberals. Alex Hawke, a former national president of the Young Liberals and now a federal MP, was his parliamentary staffer. There has been much media coverage of the connection between Clarke and Hawke because of the preselection of Hawke to the Federal seat of Mitchell in June 2007. By October 2009 onwards, it has been reported that Hawke and Clarke had fallen out and become rivals leading to a factional war. Kyle Kutasi, former Young Liberal and former President of the Sydney University Liberal Club is Clarke's son-in-law. References External links David Clarke MLC website Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1947 births Australian monarchists Australian solicitors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian politicians University of Sydney alumni Australian Roman Catholics