Danielle Adams (September 24, 1983 – December 9, 2021) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the

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in the

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.Bryce Hoye
"Meet the Rookies: Manitobans Elect 13 First-Time MLAs"

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Manitoba, September 11, 2019. She represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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. Prior to her election to the provincial legislature, she worked as a constituency assistant to federal Member of Parliament

Niki Ashton Niki Christina Ashton (born September 9, 1982) is a Canadian politician. She is the New Democratic Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Manitoba, Canada. She was first elected in the 2008 fe ...

, who represents Churchill—Keewatinook Aski on behalf of the federal New Democratic Party.Ian Graham
"NDP's Danielle Adams Takes Thompson's Legislature Seat Back from Progressive Conservatives"
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'', September 11, 2019. On December 9, 2021, Adams died at the age of 38 in a motor vehicle crash while driving south to

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on Manitoba Highway 6 after her SUV collided with a northbound semi-truck, 50 kilometres south of Ponton, Manitoba.NDP member of the Manitoba legislature Danielle Adams dies in car crash: NDP
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'', December 9, 2021.

Electoral record

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