Your Indigenous Caucus - Indigenous MPs 42nd Parliament

Indigenous Caucus - On October 19, 2015 a record 11* First Nation, Metis and Inuit candidates were elected as MPs for the 42nd Parliament.

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Re-Elected 

Yvonne Jones (Inuit)

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New Indigenous Liberal MPs 

Dan Vandal (Métis)

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Don Rusnack (Anishinaabe)

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Hunter Tootoo (Inuit)

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*Currently Independent MP (06/10/2016)

Jody Wilson-Raybould (Kawkwaka'wakw)

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Michael McLeod (Métis)

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Robert-Falcon Ouellette (Cree) 

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Vance Badeway (Métis)

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Marc Serré (Algonquin)*

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*We found out Marc Serre was Indigenous on June 10, 2016

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Re-Elected 

Romeo Saganash (Cree)

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New NDP MP

Georgina Jolibois (Dene)

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SOURCES: 

• http://www.liberal.ca/mp (Nov. 1, 2015)
• http://www.ndp.ca/team (Nov. 1, 2015)

Romeo Saganash seeking a second term for northern Quebec riding

Romeo Saganash seeking a second term for northern Quebec riding 

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Romeo Saganash is from the Waswanipi Cree community in central Quebec, he is the NDP candidate and incumbent MP for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou.

Background and Experience: 

-Romeo was elected an MP for the northern Quebec riding during the 2011 federal election taking 45% of the vote. He has served as critic for Energy & Natural Resources and Deputy Critic for Aboriginal Affairs.

-He introduced a private member’s bill in support of the government implement the United Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (C-641), which was support by the Liberal party. It was referred to committee but later failed to read third and died on the order paper.

-Previously, Romeo was the Director of Quebec Relations and International Affairs for the Grand Council of Crees. Before that he served as Deputy Grand Chief of same organization.

-He was Vice-Chairman of the Cree Regional Authority and also chaired the James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment.

-In 1985 he founded the Cree National Youth Council and later went on to earn his Bachelor of Law in Quebec.

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Riding history:

-The riding has a history of electing MPs from many diverse parties, Romeo was the first NDP to be elected in this riding.

-The riding is the largest in Quebec in size and also has the largest Aboriginal population with 35.9% (2011 Census NHS) of total Canadian population in the riding. It includes several James Bay Cree communities and the Inuit communities of Nunavik.

Candidates for Abitibi – Baie-James – Nunavik – Eeyou

  

Pierre Dufour, Liberal

Steven Hebert, Conservative

Luc Ferland, BQ

Sources: 

http://romeosaganash.ndp.ca/about

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674incumbent_northern_quebec_mp_has_unfinished_business

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_Saganash