Flor Marcelino | |
Term Start1: | May 7, 2016 |
Term End1: | September 16, 2017 |
Term Start2: | May 7, 2016 |
Term End2: | September 16, 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Greg Selinger |
Term Start3: | October 18, 2013 |
Term End3: | May 3, 2016 |
Term Start4: | November 3, 2009 |
Term End4: | October 18, 2013 |
Successor4: | Ron Lemieux |
Term Start5: | November 3, 2009 |
Term End5: | January 13, 2012 |
Successor5: | Christine Melnick |
Office6: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Logan Wellington 2007-2011 |
Term Start6: | October 4, 2011 |
Term End6: | August 12, 2019 |
Predecessor6: | first member |
Successor6: | riding dissolved |
Term Start7: | May 22, 2007 |
Term End7: | October 4, 2011 |
Successor7: | riding dissolved |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Children: | Malaya Marcelino (daughter) |
Flor Marcelino, (born October 5, 1951) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 provincial election, for the electoral division of Wellington. In the 2011 provincial election, she was re-elected to a second term in office in the new electoral district of Logan. Marcelino is a member of the New Democratic Party. On May 7, 2016, she was named interim leader of the party and leader of the opposition in the Manitoba legislature following the defeat of the NDP government in the provincial election and the resignation of party leader Greg Selinger.[2]
She retired from the legislature at the 2019 Manitoba general election. Her daughter, Malaya Marcelino, was elected as a first-time MLA in that same election.[3]
Marcelino was the first woman of colour to be elected as a MLA in the province.
Prior to her election to the legislature, Marcelino was editor and publisher of The Philippine Times, a community newspaper for the Filipino Canadian community in Winnipeg. Her brother-in-law Ted Marcelino was also elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2011.