Canadian provincial politician
Cathy Cox
In office August 17, 2017 – January 18, 2022Premier Brian Pallister Kelvin Goertzen Heather Stefanson Preceded by Rochelle Squires Succeeded by Andrew Smith In office May 3, 2016 – August 17, 2017Premier Brian Pallister Preceded by Tom Nevakshonoff Succeeded by Rochelle Squires In office September 10, 2019 – September 5, 2023Preceded by first member Succeeded by Rachelle Schott In office April 19, 2016 – September 10, 2019Preceded by Bonnie Mitchelson Succeeded by riding dissolved
Political party Progressive Conservative Residence(s) Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
Cathy Cox is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of River East in the 2016 election .[1] She is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PCs). She held the riding for the party after incumbent MLA Bonnie Mitchelson did not stand for re-election.
On 3 May 2016, when the PC government was officially sworn in, Cox was appointed to the Executive Council of Manitoba as Minister of Sustainable Development.[2] [3]
On 17 August 2017, Cox was named Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage.[4]
She was re-elected for Kildonan-River East in the 2019 provincial election , the first after the decennial electoral redistribution that occurred the previous year.
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