Monday’s federal election was eventful in many ways, with the country electing a very different group of MPs to the House of Commons.
Canada has also reached an important record: 10 Indigenous MPs.
In the previous government, there were seven MPs of Indigenous background. The increase of three is thanks to the incredible rise of the Liberal Party, that is now set to form a majority government, in numbers.
The CBC has compiled all Indigenous MPs who will begin their jobs in the House of Commons in the coming weeks or months. These MPs are:
From the Liberal Party
Vance Badawey (Métis) - Niagara Centre, Ontario
Yvonne Jones (Inuit) - Labrador
Michael McLeod (Métis) - Northwest Territories
Robert-Falcon Ouellette (Cree) - Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba
Don Rusnak (Anishinaabe) - Thunder Bay-Rainy River, Ontario
Hunter Tootoo (Inuit) - Nunavut
Dan Vandal (Métis) - Saint Boniface-Saint Vital, Manitoba
Jody Wilson-Raybould (Kwakwaka'wakw) - Vancouver Granville, B.C.
And from the NDP
Georgina Jolibois (Dene) - Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River, Saskatchewan
Romeo Saganash (Cree) - Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik--Eeyou, Quebec
What do you think this historic number of MPs will bring to the House and to politics in general?
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