Cindy Lamoureux (born November 13, 1991) is a

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provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the

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for the riding of Burrows in the 2016 election. She defeated NDP incumbent Melanie Wight, who had held the riding since the 2011 election. She is from an active political family in western Canada. She is the daughter of federal Member of Parliament

Kevin Lamoureux Kevin Lamoureux (born January 22, 1962) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. On November 29, 2010, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the constituency of Winnipeg North in a by-election. He was re-elected during the 2011 el ...

, and her uncle Darrin Lamoureux previously served as the leader of the

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. On April 21, 2017, she announced that she was running to become the leader of the

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. Former Manitoba Liberal leader and longtime MLA

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and entrepreneur and teacher

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also contested the leadership. Lamoureux led on the first ballot at the

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but lost to Lamont on the second ballot. She was reelected in the

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, in which she shifted from Burrows to the neighbouring constituency of Tyndall Park. Gerrard and Lamont were the only other two Liberals elected, winning their respective constituencies of River Heights and St. Boniface.

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