Michael Mantha MPP |
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Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin |
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Assumed office October 6, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Mike Brown |
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Political party | New Democrat |
Spouse(s) | Pauline |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Elliot Lake, Ontario |
Occupation | Administrative assistant |
Michael Mantha is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2011. He represents the riding of Algoma—Manitoulin.
Prior to his election, he was a staffer in the riding office of Carol Hughes, the federal Member of Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing. He lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario with his wife Pauline and their two sons.
Mantha ran in the 2011 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Algoma—Manitoulin. He defeated Liberal incumbent Mike Brown by 4,188 votes. He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Craig Hughson by 7,668 votes.
He is the party's critic for Northern Development and Mines and for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation.