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Sol Mamakwa
ᓴᐧᓬ ᒣᒣᑫᐧ
MPP
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Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
Assumed office
July 13, 2022
Serving with Doly Begum
Leader Peter Tabuns
Marit Stiles
Preceded by John Vanthof and Sara Singh
Critic, Indigenous and Treaty Relations; and Northern Development
Assumed office
July 13, 2022
Critic, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
In office
August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Kiiwetinoong
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded by Constituency established
Personal details
Political party New Democratic
Residences Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Sol Mamakwa MPP (/ˈmɑːməˌkwɑː/ ma--kwa, Oji-Cree: ᓴᐧᓬ ᒣᒣᑫᐧ) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Kiiwetinoong as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP). Mamakwa is currently the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. Mamakwa is a member of the Kingfisher Lake First Nation and speaks Oji-Cree as a first language.

Prior to his election to the legislature, he worked for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Sioux Lookout. Mamakwa was one of three MPPs of Indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside ONDP colleagues Suze Morrison and Guy Bourgouin, and the second person of full First Nations descent elected to the assembly after Peter North in 1990.

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2022: Kiiwetinoong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Sol Mamakwa 2,742 57.57 +7.67
Progressive Conservative Dwight Monck 1,426 29.94 +2.69
Liberal Manuela Michelizzi 281 5.90 -9.28
Green Suzette A. Foster 158 3.32 -2.95
New Blue Alex Dornn 156 3.28
Total valid votes 4,763 99.27
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 35 0.73 -0.55
Turnout 4,798 30.33 -15.47
Eligible voters 15,820
New Democratic hold Swing +2.49
Source: Elections Ontario
Ontario general election, 2018: Kiiwetinoong
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Sol Mamakwa 3,232 49.90
Progressive Conservative Clifford Bull 1,765 27.25
Liberal Doug Lawrance 983 15.18
Green Christine Penner Polle 406 6.27
Northern Ontario Kenneth Jones 91 1.40
Total valid votes 6,477 100.00
Turnout 48.40
Eligible voters 13,380
New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario
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