Cris Aglugub is a former politician in

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, Canada. He was a member of the

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from 1999 to 2007. Aglugub was educated at Araneta University Foundation in the

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, and at

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in Manitoba. He holds a

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degree in Agriculture. Before entering politics, he worked as a computer programmer and provided technical support to Manitoba Agriculture. He has served on the Mayor's Race Relations Committee and the Manitoba Citizenship Council's Language Bank, and is a Past President of the Philippine Association of Manitoba. He co-founded the Philippine Centre of Manitoba in 1984, and was instrumental in founding a community day care facility. During the 1990s, Aglugub helped facilitate a twinning agreement between

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and

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, with a corresponding arrangement between the

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. Aglugub was elected to the Manitoba legislature in

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, running as a

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in the north Winnipeg riding of The Maples. He received 4,329 votes against 2,310 for his nearest opponent, Progressive Conservative Ellen Kowalski. Following the NDP's election victory (the Conservatives had formed government since

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), he was named Legislative Assistant to the Minister of Labour and Immigration, and subsequently to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade. In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie's bid to become leader of the federal

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. Aglugub was easily re-elected in the

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, receiving about 68% of the vote in The Maples. He was not re-nominated for the New Democratic Party in the 2007 provincial election;

Mohinder Saran Mohinder Saran is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He represented the electoral division of The Maples in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2007 until 2019. He was first elected in the 2007 provincial election. Saran was re-elected ...

retained the district for the NDP. He ran in the 2011 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative in the riding of

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, being contested for the first time, finishing third behind

Ted Marcelino Ted Marcelino (born ) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election.

of the NDP and Roldan Sevillano of the Liberals.

References

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