Amanda Lathlin
Amanda Lathlin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for The Pas-Kameesak The Pas 2015–2019 | |
| Assumed office April 22, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Whitehead |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 17, 1976 The Pas, Manitoba |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
Amanda Lathlin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in a by-election on April 22, 2015.[1] She represents the constituency of The Pas-Kameesak as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.[1]
She is the daughter of Oscar Lathlin, who represented the same electoral district in the provincial legislature from 1990 to 2008,[1] and is the first First Nations woman ever elected to the provincial legislature.[2]
Prior to her election to the legislature, Lathlin worked for the University College of the North and served as a band councillor for the Opaskwayak Cree Nation.[3]
Electoral record
| Manitoba provincial by-election, April 21, 2015: The Pas | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Amanda Lathlin | 1,557 | 56.76 | -16.84 | $26,202.75 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacob Nasekapow | 817 | 29.78 | 6.22 | $31,878.68 | |||
| Liberal | Inez Vystrcil-Spence | 369 | 13.45 | 10.63 | $2,941.26 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,743 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 10 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,111 | 20.92 | – | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -11.53 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b c "NDP's Amanda Lathlin wins The Pas byelection". CBC News, April 22, 2015.
- ^ "Lathlin sworn in". Winnipeg Sun, May 4, 2015.
- ^ "The Pas byelection candidate wants to be role model for women". Thompson Citizen, April 10, 2015.
- ^ "Candidates: The Pas By-election". Elections Manitoba. 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "2015 The Pas Byelection Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba.
  | This article about a Manitoba politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Cree people
- First Nations women in politics
- New Democratic Party of Manitoba MLAs
- People from The Pas
- Women MLAs in Manitoba
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- First Nations politicians
- 1976 births
- Canadian indigenous women academics
- Manitoba politician stubs