Sol Mamakwa (

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: ᓴᐧᓬ ᒣᒣᑫᐧ) is a

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politician who was elected to the

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in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of

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as a member of the

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(ONDP). Mamakwa is currently the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. Mamakwa is a member of the Kingfisher Lake First Nation and speaks

as a first language. Prior to his election to the legislature, he worked for the

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Nishnawbe Aski Nation (ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᓐ (''Anishinaabe-aski Ishkoniganan Ogimaawin''), unpointed: ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᐊᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᓐ; NAN for short) is a political orga ...

Sioux Lookout Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Located approximately northwest of Thunder Bay, it has a population of 5,272 people (up 4.7% since 2011), an elevation of , and its boundaries cover an area of , of which is lake and wetl ...

. Mamakwa was one of three MPPs of

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heritage elected in 2018, alongside ONDP colleagues

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and

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, and the second person of full

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descent elected to the assembly after Peter North in 1990."Sol Mamakwa, seul membre d'une Première Nation à Queen's Park"

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Espaces autochtones, June 8, 2018.

Electoral record

References

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