Judy Klassen is a Canadian provincial politician who was interim leader of the Manitoba Liberal PartyJudy Klassen is Manitoba Liberals' 1st Indigenous leader. CBC News, 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016. from October 2016 to June 2017, succeeding Rana Bokhari. Klassen was first elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of Keewatinook (then spelled Kewatinook) in the 2016 provincial election. She defeated incumbent New Democratic Party (NDP) MLA and Deputy Premier Eric Robinson in a closely contested race.
In April 2019, Klassen announced that she would not seek re-election in Keewatinook, instead seeking the federal Liberal nomination for the riding of Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in the 2019 federal election. In July 2019, Klassen was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate. Her provincial riding covered much of the eastern portion of the federal riding. However, she lost by a margin of more than two to one to incumbent Niki Ashton of the NDP.
Klassen grew up in St. Theresa Point First Nation and has a business studies diploma from Red River College in Steinbach.
Electoral history 2019 Canadian federal election
2016 Manitoba general election
References
External links Judy Klassen at The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba