Rachel Blaney

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Rachel Blaney
MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for North Island—Powell River
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded by John Duncan
Personal details
Born 1974[1]
Political party New Democratic Party
Residence Campbell River, British Columbia
Profession Executive Director

Rachel A. Blaney is a Canadian politician who was elected during the 2015 Canadian federal election as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district North Island—Powell River.[2][3]. Ms. Blaney’s background is distinctive: Her family of origin is Caucasian but she was adopted by a First Nations family as a toddler when her mother married a man from the Stellat’en First Nation. Raised in Terrace, British Columbia and surrounded by her adoptive family and relatives, Ms. Blaney has a deep understanding both of the richness of Indigenous culture and the legacy of cultural genocide in Canada. Her immersion in First Nations culture has continued on in her adult life through her marriage of nearly twenty years to Darren Blaney, a respected leader of the Homalco First Nation, the northernmost community of Coast Salish people in British Columbia.

Blaney was appointed the NDP critic for multiculturalism and the deputy critic for Infrastructure and Communities in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.[4]

Electoral record[edit]

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
New Democratic Rachel Blaney 24,340 40.2 -1.54
Conservative Laura Smith 15,840 26.2 -19.83
Liberal Peter Schwarzhoff 15,416 25.5 +19.14
Green Brenda Sayers 4,940 8.2 +3.05
Total valid votes/Expense limit 60,536 100.0     $267,287.24
Total rejected ballots 177
Turnout 60,713 75.20
Eligible voters 80,730
New Democratic notional gain from Conservative Swing +11.5
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

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