Cathy Cox is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba () is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislature in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly at List of Manitoba genera ...

for the riding of River East in the 2016 election. She is a member of the

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PC; ) is a centre-right political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is currently the opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, following a defeat in the 2023 provincial election. Hist ...

(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. On 17 August 2017, Cox was named Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage. She was re-elected for

Kildonan-River East Kildonan-River East is a provincial electoral district in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba that first came into effect for the 2019 Manitoba general election. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembl ...

in the 2019 provincial election, the first after the decennial electoral redistribution that occurred the previous year.

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