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Sol Mamakwa

Summary

Sol Mamakwa MPP (/ˈmɑːməˌkwɑː/ MA-mə-KWA, Oji-Cree: ᓴᐧᓬ ᒣᒣᑫᐧ)[1] is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[2] He represents the riding of Kiiwetinoong as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP). Mamakwa is currently the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy.[3] Mamakwa is a member of the Kingfisher Lake First Nation and speaks Oji-Cree as a first language.[4]

Sol Mamakwa
MPP
ᓴᐧᓬ ᒣᒣᑫᐧ
Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
Assumed office
July 13, 2022
Serving with Doly Begum
LeaderPeter Tabuns
Marit Stiles
Preceded byJohn Vanthof and Sara Singh
Critic, Indigenous and Treaty Relations; and Northern Development
Assumed office
July 13, 2022
Critic, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
In office
August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Kiiwetinoong
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byConstituency established
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic
Residence(s)Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Prior to his election to the legislature, he worked for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Sioux Lookout. Mamakwa was one of three MPPs of Indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside ONDP colleagues Suze Morrison and Guy Bourgouin, and the second person of full First Nations descent elected to the assembly after Peter North in 1990.[5]

Electoral record edit

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2022 Ontario general election: Kiiwetinoong
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Sol Mamakwa 2,742 57.57 +7.67 $28,237
Progressive Conservative Dwight Monck 1,426 29.94 +2.69 $14,030
Liberal Manuela Michelizzi 281 5.90 −9.28 $0
Green Suzette A. Foster 158 3.32 −2.95 $4,216
New Blue Alex Dornn 156 3.28   $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 4,763 99.27 +0.55 $32,252
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 35 0.73 -0.55
Turnout 4,798 30.40 -15.40
Eligible voters 15,775
New Democratic hold Swing +2.49
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
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2018 Ontario general election: Kiiwetinoong
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Sol Mamakwa 3,232 49.90
Progressive Conservative Clifford Bull 1,765 27.25
Liberal Doug Lawrance 983 15.18
Green Christine Penner Polle 406 6.27
Northern Ontario Kenneth Jones 91 1.40
Total valid votes 6,477 100.00
Turnout 48.40
Eligible voters 13,380
New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[6]

References edit

  1. ^ @ONPARLeducation (July 13, 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Ontario Votes 2018: Sol Mamakwa wins new Kiiwetinoong riding". CBC Thunder Bay. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "Sol Mamakwa | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  4. ^ "Sol Mamawka elected Kiiwetinoong NDP candidate". Sioux Lookout Bulletin, May 16, 2018. He currently serves as Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party along with Doly Begum
  5. ^ "Sol Mamakwa, seul membre d'une Première Nation à Queen's Park". Ici Radio-Canada Espaces autochtones, June 8, 2018.
  6. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2019.