Melanie Wight

Melanie Wight is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election.[1] She represented the electoral district of Burrows as a member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party caucus until 2016, when she was defeated in the 2016 election.[2]

Melanie Wight
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
In office October 4, 2011 – April 19, 2016
Preceded by	Doug Martindale
Succeeded by	Cindy Lamoureux
Constituency	Burrows
Personal details
Born	Melita, Manitoba, Canada
Political party	New Democrat
Residence	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

She served as the Minister of Children and Youth Opportunities from November 2014 until leaving office.[3]

Electoral record

2011 Manitoba general election: Burrows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Melanie Wight	3,063	59.00	−11.75	$17,078.77
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Negrych	1,314	25.31	+6.55	$8,890.74
	Liberal	Twyla Motkaluk	629	12.12	+1.63	$30,549.49
	Green	Garett Peepeetch	124	2.39	–	$23.08
	Communist	Frank Komarniski	32	0.62	–	$312.12
Total valid votes			5,162	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			29
Turnout			5,191	47.08	−3.04
Electors on the lists			11,025
Source: Elections Manitoba[4]

References

1. "NDP keeps urban strongholds". Winnipeg Free Press, October 5, 2011.
2. "Cindy Lamoureux steals Burrows from NDP". Winnipeg Free Press. April 19, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
3. "Premier Greg Selinger replaces 5 cabinet ministers in government revolt". CBC News. November 3, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
4. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2018.