Amanda Lathlin

Amanda Lathlin
MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for The Pas-Kameesak
The Pas 2015–2019
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 22, 2015
Preceded byFrank Whitehead
Personal details
Born (1976-07-17) July 17, 1976 (age 48)
The Pas, Manitoba
Political partyNew Democratic Party

Amanda Lathlin (born July 17, 1976) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in a by-election on April 22, 2015.[1] She represents the constituency of The Pas-Kameesak as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.[1]

She is the daughter of Oscar Lathlin, who represented The Pas in the provincial legislature from 1990 to 2008,[1] and is the first First Nations woman ever elected to the provincial legislature.[2] In the 2019 election, after The Pas riding was redistributed, she won the newly created riding of The Pas-Kameesak.

Prior to her election to the legislature, Lathlin worked for the University College of the North and served as a band councillor for the Opaskwayak Cree Nation.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "NDP's Amanda Lathlin wins The Pas byelection". CBC News, April 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Lathlin sworn in". Winnipeg Sun, May 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "The Pas byelection candidate wants to be role model for women". Thompson Citizen, April 10, 2015.