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Sharon Blady

Sharon Blady
Minister of Health
In office
November 3, 2014 – May 3, 2016
Premier Greg Selinger
Preceded by Erin Selby
Manitoba Minister of Healthy Living and Seniors
In office
October 18, 2013 – November 3, 2014
Premier Greg Selinger
Preceded by new portfolio
Succeeded by Deanne Crothers
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
In office
May 22, 2007 – April 19, 2016
Preceded by Stuart Murray
Succeeded by Scott Fielding
Constituency Kirkfield Park
Personal details
Political party New Democratic Party
Alma mater University of Manitoba
University of Victoria
Occupation University instructor
Website sharonblady.ca

Sharon Anne Blady, MLA /ˈbldi/ is a Canadian politician in the province of Manitoba. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 provincial election in the constituency of Kirkfield Park. Blady is a member of the New Democratic Party. Prior to her election, she was an instructor of social work and native studies at the University of Manitoba.

Blady grew up in the neighbourhood of St. James-Assiniboia in Winnipeg, where she attended Buchanan School, Hedges Junior High School, and Collège Silver Heights Collegiate. She received a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology, art history, and architecture from the University of Manitoba in 1991. She received a Master of Arts in history in art and native studies from the University of Victoria in 1995 with her thesis entitled "The Flower Beadwork People: Factors Contributing to the Emergence of Distinctive Métis Cultural Artistic Style at Red River From 1844 to 1869". In 1996 and 1997, two papers of hers about Métis culture and history were published by the Canadian Circumpolar Institute at the University of Alberta as part of Issues in the North.


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