Amanda Lathlin | |
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MLA for The Pas | |
Assumed office April 22, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Frank Whitehead |
Personal details | |
Born | 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. She represents the constituency of The Pas as a member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party.
She is the daughter of Oscar Lathlin, who represented the same electoral district in the provincial legislature from 1990 to 2008, and is the first First Nations woman ever elected to the provincial legislature.
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.