Frank Whitehead is a

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politician. Formerly a chief of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern

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and a political advisor to Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs head Ron Evans, he was elected to the

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in a by-election on March 24, 2009, representing the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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. Whitehead was reelected in the 2011 general election. He resigned on May 16, 2014 citing health reasons.

Electoral record

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