Oscar Lathlin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer.
14 Facts About Oscar Lathlin
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Oscar Lathlin attended high school at Frontier Collegiate in Cranberry Portage, graduating in 1969, and attended Brandon University.
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Oscar Lathlin subsequently returned to his community, and worked as a band manager of The Pas Band.
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Oscar Lathlin was named executive director of the Swampy Cree Tribal Council in 1979, and was elected chief of The Pas Band in 1985.
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Oscar Lathlin worked as an advisor to the Native Teacher Education Program, served on various committees of the Assembly of First Nations and was a senior advisor for the federal government of Canada on a variety of subjects.
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Oscar Lathlin was married twice: first to Matilda Daniels and then to Leona Jebb.
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Oscar Lathlin was re-elected over McDonald by a greater margin in the 1995 election.
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The NDP came in second in both of these campaigns, and Oscar Lathlin served as critic for Native Affairs, Constitutional Development and Community Economic Development during his time as an opposition MLA.
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Oscar Lathlin supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to become the leader of the federal New Democratic Party in 1995.
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The NDP won the general election of 1999, although Oscar Lathlin was only re-elected by a narrow margin over PC candidate Ron Evans, a local aboriginal leader.
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Oscar Lathlin was named as Minister of Conservation in Gary Doer's first cabinet.
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Oscar Lathlin was easily re-elected in the provincial elections of 2003 and 2007.
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On November 2,2008, the Winnipeg Free Press reported that Oscar Lathlin had died early that morning.
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Oscar Lathlin was succeeded by Frank Whitehead in a by-election on March 24,2009.