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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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(Melita, Canada)
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Biography
Introduction
Melanie Wight is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election. 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.
She served as the Minister of Children and Youth Opportunities from November 2014 until leaving office.
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 | ||||||||