Kevin Yarde is a Canadian politician and former weather presenter who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election for the riding of Brampton North.^[2] Initially elected as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party,^[3] he eventually left the party to sit as an independent.^[1]

He is part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Laura Mae Lindo, Faisal Hassan, Jill Andrew and Rima Berns-McGown.^[4]

While serving as a Member of Provincial Parliament, Yarde was employed by private security firms Sentinel Security and Nationwide Security Ltd.^[5]

Yarde did not receive his party's nomination as a candidate in the 2022 election, losing to Sandeep Singh, who unsuccessfully ran in Caledon Ward 2 in the 2018 municipal elections. Yarde was the only NDP incumbent MPP to not receive his party nomination.^[6] Subsequently, Yarde resigned from the NDP to sit as an independent MPP for the remainder of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario.^[1]

Prior to his election to the legislature, Yarde worked for The Weather Network.^[7]

Yarde was born in Toronto and has never lived in Brampton, but has "longtime family roots in Brampton".^[7][8] He studied journalism at York University and Ryerson University, before beginning his television career on the Rogers TV community television network.^[7] He joined The Weather Network in 2001, first as a field correspondent and later as a studio host.^[7] Yarde is a member of the US-based National Association of Black Journalists and also a volunteer with the Toronto location of Covenant House, a shelter and support centre for homeless and at-risk youth.^[3]

He is a first cousin of drummer Tyler Stewart of the Barenaked Ladies.^[7]