Kerri Irvin-Ross
MLA
6th Deputy Premier of Manitoba
In office
April 29, 2015 – May 3, 2016
Serving with Eric Robinson
PremierGreg Selinger
Preceded byEric Robinson
Succeeded byHeather Stefanson
Manitoba Minister of Family Services
In office
October 18, 2013 – May 3, 2016
PremierGreg Selinger
Preceded byJennifer Howard
Succeeded byScott Fielding
Manitoba Minister of Housing and Community Development
In office
November 3, 2014 – April 29, 2015
PremierGreg Selinger
Preceded byPeter Bjornson
Succeeded byMohinder Saran
In office
November 3, 2009 – October 18, 2013
PremierGreg Selinger
Preceded byGord Mackintosh as Minister of Family Services and Housing
Succeeded byPeter Bjornson
Manitoba Minister of Healthy Living
In office
September 21, 2006 – November 3, 2009
PremierGary Doer
Preceded byTheresa Oswald
Succeeded byJim Rondeau
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Fort Richmond
Fort Garry 2003–2011
In office
June 3, 2003 – April 19, 2016
Preceded byJoy Smith
Succeeded bySarah Guillemard
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Residence(s)Winnipeg, Manitoba
ProfessionSocial worker
Websitekerriirvinross.ca

Kerri Irvin-Ross is a Canadian former politician in Manitoba. A member of the New Democratic Party, she served as a cabinet minister under premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger, including as deputy premier in Selinger's government from 2015 to 2016.[1]

Irvin-Ross defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly Joy Smith by 87 votes in the riding of Fort Garry in the 2003 general election.[2] She defeated Progressive Conservative challenger Shaun McCaffrey in Fort Garry by 4,291 to 2,101 in the 2007 general election.[3] Manitoba's decennial electoral redistribution of 2008 abolished Fort Garry. In the 2011 general election, Irvin-Ross chose to run in the newly created constituency of Fort Richmond, which comprised most of the southern part of her previous riding, and was re-elected over McCaffrey by 4,026 votes to 2,908.[4] Irvin-Ross was defeated in the 2016 election, losing her seat to PC candidate Sarah Guillemard.[5]

In 2006, Irvin-Ross joined Doer's cabinet as Minister of Healthy Living, holding the post until Doer's retirement in 2009. In 2009, shortly after he was sworn in as 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Fort Garry". Manitoba Votes 2007. CBC News.
  3. ↑ "Fort Garry". Manitoba. CBC News.
  4. ↑ "Fort Richmod". Elections Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  5. ↑ "Nine NDP Cabinet Ministers Losing Seats". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved 2016-05-19.


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