Amanda Lathlin | |
Birth Date: | July 17, 1976 |
Birth Place: | The Pas, Manitoba |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for The Pas-Kameesak The Pas 2015–2019 |
Term Start1: | April 22, 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Frank Whitehead |
Party: | New 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.
She is the daughter of Oscar Lathlin, who represented The Pas in the provincial legislature from 1990 to 2008, 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]