Melanie Wight
Melanie Wight is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election.[1] She represented the electoral district of Burrows as a member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party caucus until 2016, when she was defeated in the 2016 election.[2]
Melanie Wight | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
| In office October 4, 2011 – April 19, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Doug Martindale |
| Succeeded by | Cindy Lamoureux |
| Constituency | Burrows |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Melita, Manitoba, Canada |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Residence | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
She served as the Minister of Children and Youth Opportunities from November 2014 until leaving office.[3]
Electoral record
| 2011 Manitoba general election: Burrows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Melanie Wight | 3,063 | 59.00 | −11.75 | $17,078.77 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Negrych | 1,314 | 25.31 | +6.55 | $8,890.74 | |||
| Liberal | Twyla Motkaluk | 629 | 12.12 | +1.63 | $30,549.49 | |||
| Green | Garett Peepeetch | 124 | 2.39 | – | $23.08 | |||
| Communist | Frank Komarniski | 32 | 0.62 | – | $312.12 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,162 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 29 | |||||||
| Turnout | 5,191 | 47.08 | −3.04 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 11,025 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[4] | ||||||||
References
- "NDP keeps urban strongholds". Winnipeg Free Press, October 5, 2011.
- "Cindy Lamoureux steals Burrows from NDP". Winnipeg Free Press. April 19, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- "Premier Greg Selinger replaces 5 cabinet ministers in government revolt". CBC News. November 3, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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