Alberta Election 2023: Number of diverse, women MLAs on the rise in Alberta legislature abpoli ableg
Sinclair is MLA-elect for Lesser Slave Lake, the same riding represented for 26 years by Pearl Calahasen, the first Indigenous woman elected as an MLA.
Sinclair — who is non-status First Nation and was the UCP’s only Indigenous candidate — said he acknowledges the importance of his new role.Chi Nguyen with Equal Voice, a group that advocates for women and gender-diverse candidates, said the changes encourage more representative governance.“You’re going to have more trust in democracies.
“It does show that there are pathways and ways that women can contribute to building the country that we want, building the province that we want,” she said.The numbers still show room for growth, however.
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