Kerri Irvin-Ross is a Canadian former politician in

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. A member of the

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, she served as a cabinet minister under premiers

Gary Doer Gary Albert Doer (born 31 March 1948) is a former Canadian politician and diplomat from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He served as Canada's ambassador to the United States from 19 October 2009, to 3 March 2016. Doer previously served as the 20th p ...

and

Greg Selinger Gregory Francis Selinger (born February 16, 1951) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 21st premier of Manitoba from 2009 until 2016, leading an NDP government. From 1999 to 2009 he was the Minister of Finance in the government of ...

, including as Selinger's

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from 2015 to 2016. Irvin-Ross defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Joy Smith by 87 votes in the riding of

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in the 2003 general election. She defeated Progressive Conservative Shaun McCaffrey in Fort Garry by 4,291 to 2,101 in the 2007 general election. In the 2011 general election, Irvin-Ross chose to run in the newly created constituency of Fort Richmond and was re-elected over McCaffrey by 4,026 votes to 2,908. Irvin-Ross was defeated in the 2016 election, losing her seat to PC candidate Sarah Guillemard. In 2006, Irvin-Ross joined Doer's cabinet as Minister of Healthy Living, holding the post until Doer's retirement in 2009. In 2009, newly sworn in premier Selinger named her to the new portfolio of Minister of Housing and Community Development. In 2013, she became Minister of Family Services and Minister responsible for Status of Women, which she held until 2016; she also briefly regained Housing and Community development from 2014 to 2015. In 2016, she was named Minister responsible for Persons with Disabilities and Minister responsible for the Civil Service, and in 2016 she became Deputy Premier of Manitoba. She held all three roles until the government's defeat in the 2016 election.

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