Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (french: Assemblée législative du Manitoba) is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislature in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly at provincial gener ...
. Moses is a member of the
Manitoba New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (french: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Manitoba) is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba C ...
(Manitoba NDP).
Biography
Moses was born in Winnipeg and is a graduate of River East Collegiate. He holds a Bachelor in
Agribusiness
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy,
in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...
from the
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba. Moses is an athlete and is a former Manitoba AAAA provincial male athlete of the year. He currently holds the Winnipeg High School Football League record for the most receiving yards in a game. He also played football for the University of Manitoba Bisons. Prior to his political career he worked at the Investors Group, technology company Rapid RTC and the
Canadian Wheat Board
The Canadian Wheat Board (french: Commission canadienne du blé, links=no) was a marketing board for wheat and barley in Western Canada. Established by the Parliament of Canada on 5 July 1935, its operation was governed by the Canadian Wheat Bo ...
.
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
In the
2019 Manitoba general election
The 2019 Manitoba general election was held on September 10, 2019, to elect the 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
The incumbent Progressive Conservatives, led by Premier Brian Pallister, were re-elected to a second majority g ...
Uzoma Asagwara
Uzoma Asagwara is a Canadian politician and retired basketball player. Since 2019, they have represented the Union Station electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.Bryce Hoye"Meet the rookies: Manitobans elect 13 first-time ...
and
Audrey Gordon
Audrey Gordon is a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, representing the electoral district of Southdale as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.Bryce Hoye"Meet the rookies: Manitobans ...
, is one of the first three
Black Canadian
Black Canadians (also known as Caribbean-Canadians or Afro-Canadians) are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though t ...
MLAs elected in Manitoba. He currently serves as the Official Opposition Critic for Economic Development and Training.
Moses was elected in 2019 after he defeated Progressive Conservative MLA and cabinet minister
Colleen Mayer
Colleen Mayer is a former Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, who represented the electoral district of St. Vital as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 2016 until 2019. St. Vital w ...
. Previously, he ran for the NDP and came second to Mayer in St. Vital in the 2016 election after former minister
Nancy Allan
Nancy Allan (born July 25, 1952, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party governments of premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger.
Allan was raised in MacGregor, Manitoba, an ...
CBC News
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Manitoba, September 11, 2019.
In October 2021, Moses introduced private members Bill 232, to recognize August 1 of every year as
Emancipation Day
Emancipation Day is observed in many former European colonies in the Caribbean and areas of the United States on various dates to commemorate the emancipation of slaves of African descent.
On August 1, 1985, Trinidad and Tobago became the fir ...
in Manitoba, commemorating the day the
Slavery Abolition Act
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire. It was passed by Charles Grey, 2n ...
took effect in the British Empire in 1834. The legislature passed the bill unanimously as the Emancipation Day Act.