Don Rusnak, Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Thunder Bay - Rainy River
Don Rusnak is Anishinaabe and is the Liberal Party of Canada’s
candidate for Thunder Bay – Rainy River in Ontario.
Background and Experience
- Don is a lawyer in Thunder Bay who has extensive
experience in forestry industry, public sector and through his own private
practice.
- He has been the interim Executive Director for the Grand
Council of Treaty 3 which represents dozens of Anishinabe First Nations in
northwestern Ontario.
- Don previously worked for Manitoba Health helping to
improve healthcare delivery services for northern Manitoba communities. He worked
for Alberta Justice as a Crown Prosecutor for both criminal and regulatory
offences.
- He has volunteered and supported a number of organizations
including Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative, Canadian Cancer Society, the
Dew Drop In Centre and Harbour Youth Services of Thunder Bay to name a few.
- Don studied Political Science at Lakehead University and went on to finish his legal education at the University of Manitoba and Osgoode Hall Law School.
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Riding History
- Thunder Bay - Rainy River is northwestern Ontario that
starts at Thunder Bay, straddles the U.S. border to the Lake of the Woods.
- It has a history of electing NDP and Liberal MPs, the current
MP is NDP MP John Rafferty he has been the NDP’s Critic for Pensions.
- Former Chief Georjann Morriseau of the Fort William First
Nation originally was a candidate but removed her name to run again for Chief,
she is now a Councillor.
- The Aboriginal population of Thunder Bay – Rainy River is
10,765 or 13.4% (2011 Census) and include numbers several Anishinabe First
Nations.
Candidates for Thunder Bay – Rainy River
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