Niki Ashton
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Niki Ashton MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Churchill |
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In office October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Tina Keeper |
| Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Status of Women |
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In office 21 June 2011 – 14 November 2011 |
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| Minister | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Hedy Fry |
| Succeeded by | Irene Mathyssen |
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Niki Christina Ashton September 9, 1982 Thompson, Manitoba |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Residence | Thompson, Manitoba |
| Alma mater |
University of Manitoba Carleton University |
| Profession | University lecturer, researcher |
Niki Christina Ashton MP (born September 9, 1982) is a Canadian politician. She is the New Democratic Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Manitoba, Canada. She was first elected in the 2008 federal election.
A resident of Thompson, Manitoba, she is the daughter of former Manitoba provincial NDP cabinet minister Steve Ashton. She has been an instructor at the University College of the North.
Ashton was born in Thompson and attended École Riverside School and R. D. Parker Collegiate. She later attended the Li Po Chun United World College in Hong Kong. She has a B.A in Global Political Economy from the University of Manitoba, an M.A in International Affairs from Carleton University and is currently in the process of completing her PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Art Mauro Centre at the University of Manitoba.
Later, she was a coordinator and promoter of volunteering at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. At the event, she assisted the team from China.
She has studied human rights in Canada, and was awarded the Ahmed Ali Hashi Human Rights Scholarship for her work.
Ashton speaks Greek, French, English and Spanish fluently. In 2011 it was reported that she was also studying Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, and Cree.
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