First Indigenous woman elected to Manitoba Legislature – CTV

April 21, 2015

A byelection in The Pas Tuesday put the first Indigenous woman in the Manitoba Legislature.

Voters in the vast northern riding have been without a representative for almost a year since New Democrat Frank Whitehead resigned last May for health reasons.

The Pas has generally been considered a safe seat for the NDP government — Whitehead won 73 per cent of the vote in the last provincial election.

But the NDP’s popularity has sunk in opinion polls since the government raised the provincial sales tax in 2013, prompting an internal party revolt.

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