Sol Mamakwa
Sol Mamakwa | |
|---|---|
| Critic, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation | |
| Assumed office August 23, 2018 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Kiiwetinoong | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Sioux Lookout, Ontario |
Sol Mamakwa is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Kiiwetinoong as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
He is a member of the Kingfisher First Nation, and speaks Oji-Cree as a first language.[2] Prior to his election to the legislature, he worked for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Sioux Lookout.
He was one of three MPPs of indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside caucus colleagues Suze Morrison and Guy Bourgouin, and the second person of full First Nations descent elected to the assembly after Peter North in 1990.[3]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: Kiiwetinoong | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Sol Mamakwa | 3,232 | 49.90 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Bull | 1,765 | 27.25 | |||||
| Liberal | Doug Lawrance | 983 | 15.18 | |||||
| Green | Christine Penner Polle | 406 | 6.27 | |||||
| Northern Ontario | Kenneth Jones | 91 | 1.40 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,477 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Turnout | 48.40 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,380 | |||||||
| New Democratic pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Ontario Votes 2018: Sol Mamakwa wins new Kiiwetinoong riding". CBC Thunder Bay. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Sol Mamawka elected Kiiwetinoong NDP candidate". Sioux Lookout Bulletin, May 16, 2018.
- ^ "Sol Mamakwa, seul membre d'une Première Nation à Queen's Park". Ici Radio-Canada Espaces autochtones, June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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