Dan Vandal
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Dan Vandal MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface—Saint Vital |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Shelly Glover |
| Mayor of Winnipeg (acting) | |
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In office May 11, 2004 – May 14, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Glen Murray |
| Succeeded by | Jae Eadie (acting), then Sam Katz |
| Deputy Mayor of Winnipeg | |
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In office November 5, 2003 – May 14, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Lillian Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Jae Eadie |
| Property and Development Committee Chair (Winnipeg) | |
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In office November 1, 2000 – May 14, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Peter De Smedt |
| Succeeded by | Mike Pagtakhan |
| Protection and Community Services Committee Chair (Winnipeg) | |
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In office November 3, 1998 – November 1, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Amaro Silva |
| Succeeded by | Jenny Gerbasi |
| Winnipeg City Councillor | |
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In office November 7, 2006 – November 4, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Franco Magnifico |
| Succeeded by | Matt Allard |
| Constituency | St. Boniface |
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In office November 7, 1995 – May 14, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Evelyne Reese |
| Succeeded by | Franco Magnifico |
| Constituency | St. Boniface |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 18, 1960 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Occupation | Boxer, social worker |
Daniel "Dan" Vandal is a politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He represented St. Boniface on the Winnipeg City Council from 1995 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2014, and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Winnipeg in 2004. He briefly served as acting mayor of Winnipeg following Glen Murray's resignation. On October 19, 2015, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface—Saint Vital in the House of Commons of Canada. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Vandal was born in 1960 to a Métis family in Winnipeg, the youngest of eight children. His family identified as French Canadian during his youth, and he only became aware of his Métis heritage in later life.
Vandal dropped out of high school, and was a manual labourer for part of his teenage years. He started boxing at age 15, turned professional in 1978, and was the #1 ranked Canadian middleweight in 1983. The following year, he fought Alex Hilton for the Canadian title in front of 18,000 fans at the Montreal Forum. He later credited boxing for turning his life around, and has opposed efforts to ban the sport.
Vandal subsequently became a youth worker at Winnipeg's Mamawiwichiitata Centre, and received a degree in Social Work from the University of Manitoba. He was vice-president of the Old St. Boniface Residents Association in the 1990s, and campaigned against the proposed construction of a stadium for Sam Katz's Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball team in Whittier Park.
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