Sharon Blady Explained

Sharon Blady
Office:Manitoba Minister of Health
Term Start:November 3, 2014
Term End:May 3, 2016
Premier:Greg Selinger
Predecessor:Erin Selby
Successor:Kelvin Goertzen
Office2:Manitoba Minister of Healthy Living and Seniors
Term Start2:October 18, 2013
Term End2:November 3, 2014
Premier2:Greg Selinger
Predecessor2:new portfolio
Successor2:Deanne Crothers
Office3:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Kirkfield Park
Term Start3:May 22, 2007
Term End3:April 19, 2016
Predecessor3:Stuart Murray
Successor3:Scott Fielding
Nationality:Canadian
Party:New Democratic Party
Alma Mater:University of Manitoba
University of Victoria
Occupation:University instructor

Sharon Anne Blady is a former provincial politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[1] She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 provincial election in the constituency of Kirkfield Park.[1] She was defeated in the 2016 provincial election. Blady is a member of the New Democratic Party.[2] Prior to her election, she was an instructor of social work and native studies at the University of Manitoba.

Early life and career

Blady grew up in the neighbourhood of St. James-Assiniboia in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she attended Buchanan School, Hedges Junior High School, and Collège Silver Heights Collegiate.[3] [4] She received a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology, art history, and architecture from the University of Manitoba in 1991.[5] [6] She received a Master of Arts in history in art and native studies from the University of Victoria in 1995[5] with her thesis entitled The Flower Beadwork People: Factors Contributing to the Emergence of Distinctive Métis Cultural Artistic Style at Red River from 1844 to 1869.[7] In 1996 and 1997, two papers of hers about Métis culture and history were published by the Canadian Circumpolar Institute at the University of Alberta as part of Issues in the North.[8] [9]

Blady designed and taught introductory courses in gender and women's studies and visual and Aboriginal art studies at Brandon University.[4] [5] She later taught at the University of Manitoba in its Joint Baccalaureate Nursing program and its Inner City Social Work program.[4]

Political career

Sharon Blady was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 provincial election on May 22, 2007.[1] [2] As the New Democratic Party candidate, she won the traditionally Progressive Conservative electoral division of Kirkfield Park with a margin of over 11%.[1]

Blady was appointed minister's assistant for tenant issues to the Minister of Family Services and Consumer Affairs, Gord Mackintosh, on June 24, 2010.[10] On April 4, 2011, she was promoted to the position of legislative assistant to the minister.[11] She has also sat on a number of committees of the Legislative Assembly including the Standing Committees on Agriculture and Food (as the vice-chairperson),[12] Crown Corporations (as the chairperson),[13] Legislative Affairs (as the chairperson),[14] Private Bills,[15] Public Accounts,[16] and Social and Economic Development (as the vice-chairperson)[17] and the Special Committee on Senate Reform.[18]

During her first term in the legislature, Blady introduced two private member's bills which passed. In 2009, she introduced Bill 238, The Service Animals Protection Act, which made it an offence to interfere with or allow another animal to interfere with guide dogs or other service animals without the permission of its owner.[19] The bill passed third reading on September 23, 2009,[20] and was granted royal assent on October 8, 2009.[21] Through this bill, Manitoba became the first jurisdiction in Canada to specifically legislate the protection of service animals.[19] [22] The legislation has been praised by the Manitoba Human Rights Commission.[22]

On April 19, 2011, Blady introduced Bill 217, The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Expanded Grounds for Early Termination), which added provisions to The Residential Tenancies Act to allow for the early termination of rental agreements if the tenant faces health issues that prevent them from continuing to live in their current rental unit, if they are in the armed forces and are being relocated, or if they are victims of domestic violence and believe that their safety is at risk if they continue living there.[23] The bill was passed by the house with a unanimous vote at third reading[24] [25] and was assented to on June 16, 2011.[26]

Blady is active in liaising with other legislative bodies on an international level as the President of the Manitoba section of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie[27] and as a member of the Energy Committee of the Midwestern Legislators Conference (part of the Council of State Governments).[28]

Blady was re-elected in the 2011 provincial election on October 4 with a margin of 21 votes.[29]

Blady was appointed as the Minister of Health of Manitoba following a cabinet reshuffle on November 3, 2014.[30]

Blady lost her seat in the legislature to Progressive Conservative candidate Scott Fielding in the 2016 provincial election.[31]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. News: NDP gains 2 Winnipeg seats . CBC News . May 22, 2007 . October 11, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070826062314/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitobavotes2007/story/2007/05/22/mbv-ndp-gains.html . August 26, 2007 . live.
  2. Web site: MLA Biographies - Living . Legislative Assembly of Manitoba . August 4, 2009 . October 11, 2009.
  3. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly . October 15, 2007 . 1309 . Bonnie Korzeniowski . St. James . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072446/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_1st/hansardpdf/19.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Sharon Blady: Biography . New Democratic Caucus of Manitoba . June 27, 2011 .
  5. Web site: Sharon Blady, MLA Kirkfield Park . https://archive.today/20121217080241/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sharon-Blady-MLA-Kirkfield-Park/237031784170?sk=info . dead . December 17, 2012 . Sharon . Blady . Facebook . June 27, 2011.
  6. June 2007 . Manitoba Election Results . Hansard: A Report from the Government Relations Office . 3 . Winnipeg . University of Manitoba . June 27, 2011 .
  7. Web site: Completed MA Thesis (1973 - Present) . 2012 . University of Victoria (Faculty of Fine Arts) . October 23, 2013.
  8. Book: Blady . Sharon . Jill . Oakes . Rick . Riewe . Issues in the North, Volume I . 1996 . Canadian Circumpolar Institute . Edmonton . 978-0-919058-78-1 . 0068-0303 . Beadwork As an Expression of Métis Cultural Identity.
  9. Book: Blady . Sharon . Jill . Oakes . Rick . Riewe . Issues in the North, Volume II . 1997 . Canadian Circumpolar Institute . Edmonton . 978-0-919058-87-3 . 0068-0303 . Les Métissess: Towards a Feminist History of Red River.
  10. Tenant Protection Strengthened During Low Vacancy Rates: Additional Eviction Notice Period of Two Months, Up to $500 Compensation for Moving Costs due to Renovations Among Changes: Mackintosh . Government of Manitoba . June 24, 2010 . June 27, 2011 . Mackintosh also announced that Sharon Blady, MLA for Kirkfield Park, has been appointed minister's assistant for tenant issues. She will be responsible for helping to identify other measures to assist tenants during times of low vacancy. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072309/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2010/06/2010-06-24-163000-9024.html . April 7, 2014 .
  11. Web site: Manitoba Order in Council 97/2011 . April 4, 2011 . Government of Manitoba (Queen's Printer) . Winnipeg . June 27, 2011.
  12. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly - Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food . June 6, 2008 . July 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072311/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_2nd/hansardpdf/ag1.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  13. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly - Standing Committee on Crown Corporations . September 21, 2010 . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072641/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_4th/hansardpdf/cc2.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  14. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly - Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs . December 14, 2009 . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072820/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_4th/hansardpdf/la1.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  15. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly - Standing Committee on Private Bills . June 14, 2011 . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071920/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_5th/hansardpdf/pb1.pdf . April 7, 2014.
  16. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly - Standing Committee on Public Accounts . February 17, 2010 . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072817/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_4th/hansardpdf/pa2.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  17. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly - Standing Committee on Social and Economic Development . July 21, 2010 . July 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072644/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_2nd/hansardpdf/sed8.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  18. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly - Special Committee on Senate Reform . November 9, 2009 . July 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072704/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_3rd/hansardpdf/sen4.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  19. Legislators Look to Protect Guide Dogs and Other Service Animals: Private Member's Bill Introduced by Sharon Blady, MLA for Kirkfield Park . New Democratic Caucus of Manitoba . 2009 . June 27, 2011 .
  20. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly . September 23, 2009 . 3319 . 3321 . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072650/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_3rd/hansardpdf/68.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  21. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly . October 8, 2009 . 3783 . 3784 . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071701/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_3rd/hansardpdf/77b.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  22. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly - Standing Committee on Social and Economic Development . September 16, 2009 . 52 . 53 . Yvonne Peters . Witness from the Manitoba Human Rights Commission . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072654/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_3rd/hansardpdf/sed3.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  23. New legislation to help tenants facing domestic violence, health issues or military transfer . New Democratic Caucus of Manitoba . April 19, 2011 . June 27, 2011.
  24. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly . June 16, 2011 . 2936 . 2939 . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072448/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_5th/hansardpdf/64a.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  25. Expanded Grounds for Early Termination of Leases Brings Relief to Tenants . New Democratic Caucus of Manitoba . June 16, 2011 . June 27, 2011.
  26. Manitoba . Legislative Assembly . PDF . Legislative Assembly . June 16, 2011 . 2993 . 2995 . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071917/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/39th_5th/hansardpdf/64b.pdf . April 7, 2014 .
  27. Web site: Section membre: Manitoba . Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie . International Organization of the Francophonie . fr . Member section: Manitoba . July 27, 2011.
  28. Web site: MLC Energy Committee: 2011-2012 Roster . Council of State Governments . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425071055/http://www.csgmidwest.org/MLC/MLC_Energy_roster.aspx. 2012-04-25. dead. June 27, 2011.
  29. News: . October 26, 2011 . Kirkfield Park recount confirms NDP win . live . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160609013749/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kirkfield-park-recount-confirms-ndp-win-1.1030608 . June 9, 2016 . February 25, 2024.
  30. News: . November 3, 2014 . Premier Greg Selinger replaces 5 cabinet ministers in government revolt . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20231204085200/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/premier-greg-selinger-replaces-5-cabinet-ministers-in-government-revolt-1.2822132 . December 4, 2023 . February 25, 2024.
  31. News: . April 19, 2016 . PC Scott Fielding unseats NDP’s Sharon Blady . live . . Winnipeg, Manitoba . https://web.archive.org/web/20230622115717/https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/pc-scott-fielding-unseats-ndp-s-sharon-blady-1.2866450 . June 22, 2023 . February 25, 2024.

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