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Melanie Wight
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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 New Democratic Party of Manitoba caucus until 2016, when she lost her bid for re-election in the provincial election.[2]
Key Information
She served as the Minister of Children and Youth Opportunities from November 2014 under Premier of Manitoba Greg Selinger until leaving office.[3]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2011 Manitoba general election: Burrows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Melanie Wight | 3,063 | 59.34 | -11.41 | $17,078.77 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Negrych | 1,314 | 25.46 | 6.69 | $8,890.74 | |||
| Liberal | Twyla Motkaluk | 629 | 12.19 | 1.69 | $30,549.49 | |||
| Green | Garett Peepeetch | 124 | 2.40 | – | $23.08 | |||
| Communist | Frank Komarniski | 32 | 0.62 | – | $312.12 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,162 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 29 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 11,025 | 47.08 | -3.03 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2018. | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
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