Amanda Lathlin
Amanda Lathlin (born July 17, 1976) 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]
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 |
She is the daughter of Oscar Lathlin, who represented The Pas in the provincial legislature from 1990 to 2008,[1] and is the first First Nations woman ever elected to the provincial legislature.[2] In the 2019 election, after The Pas riding was redistributed, she won the newly-created riding of The Pas-Kameesak.
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
| 2019 Manitoba general election: The Pas-Kameesak | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Amanda Lathlin | 3,054 | 57.23 | +18.4 | $9,983.35 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Evans | 1,324 | 24.81 | -13.7 | none listed | |||
| Green | Ralph McLean | 780 | 14.62 | +11.3 | $1,993.53 | |||
| Liberal | Ken Brandt | 178 | 3.34 | -16.0 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,336 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 42.6 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +16.1 | ||||||
| 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
- "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.
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