Sol Mamakwa
Sol Mamakwa | |
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ᓴᐧᓬ ᒣᒣᑫᐧ | |
 Mamakwa in 2025 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office July 13, 2022 Serving with Doly Begum | |
| Leader |
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| Preceded by | John 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 by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Ontario New Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada |
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]
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]
On May 28, 2024, Mamakwa gave a speech in an Indigenous language in the Ontario Legislature. Mamakwa spoke for 10 minutes in Oji-Cree at the start of question period.[6][7]
As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition and critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations as well as for Northern Development.
Electoral record
[edit]| 2025 Ontario general election: Kiiwetinoong | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Sol Mamakwa | 3,512 | 62.19 | +4.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Waylon Scott | 1,438 | 25.46 | –4.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Manuela Michelizzi | 409 | 7.24 | +1.34 | ||||
| Green | Carolyn Spicer | 152 | 2.69 | –0.63 | ||||
| Northern Ontario | Theresa Leppich | 136 | 2.41 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 5,647 | 98.45 | –0.82 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 89 | 1.55 | +0.82 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,736 | 27.65 | –2.75 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 20,746 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +4.55 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8][9] | ||||||||
| 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)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Kiiwetinoong | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Sol Mamakwa | 3,232 | 49.90 | –15.60 | $17,963 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Bull | 1,765 | 27.25 | +15.22 | $46,104 | |||
| Liberal | Doug Lawrance | 983 | 15.18 | –3.56 | $28,390 | |||
| Green | Christine Penner Polle | 406 | 6.27 | +2.53 | $269 | |||
| Northern Ontario | Kenneth Jones | 91 | 1.40 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,477 | 98.72 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 84 | 1.28 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,561 | 45.80 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,326 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional hold | Swing | –15.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[10][11][12] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ @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.
- ^ "Ontario Votes 2018: Sol Mamakwa wins new Kiiwetinoong riding". CBC Thunder Bay. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Sol Mamakwa | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Sol Mamakwa, seul membre d'une Première Nation à Queen's Park". Ici Radio-Canada Espaces autochtones, June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Ontario First Nation legislator makes history at Queen's Park". CBC News. May 28, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "'We receive strength in speaking our language': Indigenous MPP makes history at Queen's Park". Toronto Star. May 28, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "Kiiwetinoong Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. February 28, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ "Electoral District Inforation - 123 - Kiiwetinoong". Elections Ontario. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ^ "Political Financing and Party Information". Elections Ontario. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
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