Flor Marcelino
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". 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.[1]
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.[2]
Background
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.
Electoral history
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References
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- ↑ "Flor Marcelino named interim leader of Manitoba NDP". CBC News, May 7, 2016.
- ↑ Bryce Hoye, "Meet the rookies: Manitobans elect 13 first-time MLAs". CBC News Manitoba, September 11, 2019.
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External links
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- Canadian people of Filipino descent
- Filipino emigrants to Canada
- Women government ministers of Canada
- Living people
- Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba
- New Democratic Party of Manitoba MLAs
- Politicians from Winnipeg
- Women MLAs in Manitoba
- Female Canadian political party leaders
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- 1951 births
- Women opposition leaders
- Marcelino family
- 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba