Audrey Gordon
Audrey Gordon is a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, representing the electoral district of Southdale as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.[1] Alongside Jamie Moses and Uzoma Asagwara, she was one of the first three Black Canadian MLAs elected in the 2019 Manitoba general election.[1]
Audrey Gordon | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Smith |
| Constituency | Southdale |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Political career
At the 2016 general election, Gordon stood in the central Winnipeg constituency of Fort Rouge. She came in second place to Wab Kinew, who later became leader of the Manitoba NDP, narrowing the NDP majority in the district; Manitoba Liberal Party leader Rana Bokhari, who did not have a seat at the time of the election, ran third in this riding.
At the 2019 general election, Gordon was elected in the southeastern Winnipeg constituency of Southdale.[2]
In August 2020, Gordon was victim of a racist attack when a bench with her image on it was defaced with graffiti.[3][4][5]
Electoral record
| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Audrey Gordon | 4,486 | 42.65 | -21.17 | $24,558.56 | |||
| New Democratic | Karen Myshkowsky | 3,955 | 37.61 | +14.05 | $14,122.65 | |||
| Liberal | Spencer Duncanson | 1,422 | 13.52 | +0.90 | $137.10 | |||
| Green | Katherine Quinton | 584 | 5.55 | New | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Robert Cairns | 70 | 0.67 | New | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| 2016 Manitoba general election: Fort Rouge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wab Kinew | 3,360 | 37.63 | –13.32 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Audrey Gordon | 2,571 | 28.80 | +8.76 | ||||
| Liberal | Rana Bokhari | 1,792 | 20.07 | –2.92 | ||||
| Green | Grant Sharp | 983 | 11.01 | +5.60 | ||||
| Manitoba | Matthew Ostrove | 175 | 1.96 | – | ||||
| Communist | Paula Ducharme | 47 | 0.53 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,928 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 125 | 1.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,053 | 65.15 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,896 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –11.04 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[6][7] | ||||||||
References
- Bryce Hoye, "Meet the rookies: Manitobans elect 13 first-time MLAs". CBC News Manitoba, September 11, 2019.
- "Manitoba Electoral Riding: Southdale". Global News. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- Hoye, Bryce (Aug 10, 2020). "Manitoba MLA 'saddened' but undeterred by racist graffiti on bus bench with her image". CBC News - Manitoba.
- McKendrick, Devon (2020-08-10). "Winnipeg MLA has bus bench defaced with racist graffiti". Winnipeg. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- Racial slur found on bus bench of Winnipeg MLA, retrieved 2020-10-28
- "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- "41st General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.